Syria F2
Damascus, Syria
July 14-20, 2008
Surface: Hard
Main Draw      : 32
Qualifying Draw: 32
$15,000

Singles
Seeds: (cut: Gregory Howe - 1285)
1. Riccardo Ghedin
2. Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
3. Richard Ruckelshausen
4. Alexander Somogyi
5. Jean-Noel Insausti
6. Dmitri Sitak
7. Kento Takeuchi
8. Danil Arsenov

First Round
Rohan Gajjar (IND) d. (1)Riccardo Ghedin (ITA) 7-6(4) 6-2
(q)Marc Abdelnour (SYR) d. (q)Wael Chami (SYR) 6-2 2-2 ret.
Navdeep Singh (IND) d. Antoine Tassart (FRA) 2-6 6-4 6-3
(6)Dmitri Sitak (RUS) d. (WC)Hayan Maarouf (SYR) 6-3 6-4
(4)Alexander Somogyi (SVK) d. (q)Myles Blake (GBR) 4-6 6-4 6-0
Arata Onozawa (JPN) d. Jiri Krkoska (CZE) 6-3 6-3
Ranjeet Viralimurugesan (IND) d. Harshana Godamanne (SRI) 3-6 6-1 7-6(4)
(8)Danil Arsenov (RUS) d. Ahmad Muhammad (KUW) 6-1 7-6(4)
(5)Jean-Noel Insausti (FRA) d. Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) 6-1 6-3
Frederic de Fays (BEL) d. Germain Gigounon (BEL) 6-4 6-3
(q)Bassam Beidas (LIB) d. (WC)Robert Makzoume (SYR) 6-4 6-0
(3)Richard Ruckelshausen (AUT) d. (q)Marko Danis (SVK) 6-1 6-2
(7)Kento Takeuchi (JPN) d. (q)Peraklat Siriluethaiwattana (THA) 6-3 6-0
Candy Idoko (NGR) d. (WC)Abraham Ibrahim (SYR) 6-3 6-2
Alexandru Cojanu (ROU) d. (WC)Issam Al Taweel (SYR) 6-0 7-5
(2)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) d. Gregory Howe (GBR) 6-2 6-1

Second Round
Rohan Gajjar (IND) d. (q)Marc Abdelnour (SYR) 6-1 6-3
(6)Dmitri Sitak (RUS) d. Navdeep Singh (IND) 7-6(5) 6-3
(4)Alexander Somogyi (SVK) d. Arata Onozawa (JPN) 7-5 4-6 6-3
(8)Danil Arsenov (RUS) d. Ranjeet Viralimurugesan (IND) 6-1 6-2
Frederic de Fays (BEL) d. (5)Jean-Noel Insausti (FRA) 7-5 6-3
(q)Bassam Beidas (LIB) d. (3)Richard Ruckelshausen (AUT) 3-6 7-5 6-0
(7)Kento Takeuchi (JPN) d. Candy Idoko (NGR) 6-2 6-4
(2)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) d. Alexandru Cojanu (ROU) 7-5 6-0

Quarterfinals
Rohan Gajjar (IND) d. (6)Dmitri Sitak (RUS) 6-3 6-1
(8)Danil Arsenov (RUS) d. (4)Alexander Somogyi (SVK) 6-2 6-2
Frederic de Fays (BEL) d. (q)Bassam Beidas (LIB) 6-2 6-4
(7)Kento Takeuchi (JPN) d. (2)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos (CAN) 4-6 6-3 5-1 ret.

Semifinals
(8)Danil Arsenov (RUS) d. Rohan Gajjar (IND) 7-6(7) 3-6 7-5
(7)Kento Takeuchi (JPN) d. Frederic de Fays (BEL) 6-4 7-6(4)

Finals
(8)Danil Arsenov (RUS) d. (7)Kento Takeuchi (JPN) 6-3 6-4


Doubles
Seeds: (cut:)
1. Pierre-Ludovic Duclos/Dmitri Sitak
2. Rohan Gajjar/Ranjeet Viralimurugesan
3. Richard Ruckelshausen/Navdeep Singh
4. Tomas Janci/Jiri Krkoska

First Round
(1)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos/Dmitri Sitak (CAN/RUS) d. Frederic de Fays/Germain Gigounon (BEL) 6-1 ret.
Marc Abdelnour/Lawrence Harradine (SYR/SUI) d. (WC)Wael Chami/Abraham Ibrahim (SYR) w/o
(3)Richard Ruckelshausen/Navdeep Singh (AUT/IND) d. (WC)Hayder Al Samman/Moafak Hafiz (SYR) 6-3 6-1
Jean-Noel Insausti/Antoine Tassart (FRA) d. Rahil Makharia/Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) 7-6(5) 5-7 (10-7)
Ahmad Muhammad/Majdi Salim (KUW/SYR) d. (WC)Manolis Glezos/Robert Makzoume (GRE/SYR) 6-4 6-4
(4)Tomas Janci/Jiri Krkoska (SVK/CZE) d. Issam Al Taweel/Hayan Maarouf (SYR) 6-4 6-1
Bassam Beidas/Alexandru Cojanu (LIB/ROU) d. Arata Onozawa/Kento Takeuchi (JPN) 6-1 6-2
(2)Rohan Gajjar/Ranjeet Viralimurugesan (IND) d. Sunday Emmanuel/Candy Idoko (NGR) 6-3 6-1

Quarterfinals
(1)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos/Dmitri Sitak (CAN/RUS) d. Marc Abdelnour/Lawrence Harradine (SYR/SUI) 6-3 6-1
Jean-Noel Insausti/Antoine Tassart (FRA) d. (3)Richard Ruckelshausen/Navdeep Singh (AUT/IND) 7-6(4) 6-3
Ahmad Muhammad/Majdi Salim (KUW/SYR) d. (4)Tomas Janci/Jiri Krkoska (SVK/CZE) w/o
Bassam Beidas/Alexandru Cojanu (LIB/ROU) d. (2)Rohan Gajjar/Ranjeet Viralimurugesan (IND) 7-5 7-6(2)

Semifinals
(1)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos/Dmitri Sitak (CAN/RUS) d. Jean-Noel Insausti/Antoine Tassart (FRA) 6-0 6-1
Bassam Beidas/Alexandru Cojanu (LIB/ROU) d. Ahmad Muhammad/Majdi Salim (KUW/SYR) 6-1 6-3

Finals
Bassam Beidas/Alexandru Cojanu (LIB/ROU) d. (1)Pierre-Ludovic Duclos/Dmitri Sitak (CAN/RUS) 4-6 7-5 (11-9)