Ramat Hasharon challenger qualifying July 7-13, 2008 Singles Seeds: (cut: NR) 1. James Ward 2. Karlis Lejnieks 3. Sergei Bubka, Jr. 4. Dieter Kindlmann 5. Amit Inbar 6. Sergei Betov 7. Noam Yitzhaki 8. Niko Karagiannis First Round (1)James Ward (GBR) d. Guy Goren (ISR) 6-2 6-0 Nikita Soifer (ISR) d. Amir Zari (ISR) 6-3 6-4 Liron Strauss (ISR) d. Daniel Aleksandrov (ISR) 6-2 6-2 (5)Amit Inbar (ISR) d. Benjamin Ezer (ISR) 6-0 6-1 (2)Karlis Lejnieks (LAT) d. Michael Trebykov (ISR) 6-2 6-4 Dor Belfer (ISR) d. Nimrod Shalish (ISR) 7-5 6-1 Matan Shitrit (ISR) d. Itai Levi (ISR) 6-1 6-2 (7)Noam Yitzhaki (ISR) d. Tal Eros (ISR) 6-3 6-2 (3)Sergei Bubka, Jr. (UKR) d. Geoffrey Gehrke (USA) 6-0 6-0 Gleb Sklyr (ISR) d. Daniel Skripnik (ISR) 7-6(1) 6-2 Anton Rabinov (ISR) d. Alon Cohen (ISR) 6-0 6-0 (6)(WC)Gilad Ben Zvi (ISR) d. David Steinblatt (ISR) 6-0 6-2 (4)Sergei Betov (BLR) d. Yum Adiv (ISR) 6-0 6-3 Gilad Berman (ISR) d. Daniel Tyntaryov (ISR) 6-2 6-3 Guy Michelevitz (ISR) d. Ram Tepper (ISR) 6-3 7-5 Dor Amir (ISR) d. (8)Niko Karagiannis (GRE) 7-6(3) 4-6 6-4 Second Round (1)James Ward (GBR) d. Nikita Soifer (ISR) 6-3 6-2 (5)Amit Inbar (ISR) d. Liron Strauss (ISR) 6-3 6-4 (2)Karlis Lejnieks (LAT) d. Dor Belfer (ISR) 6-1 6-3 (7)Noam Yitzhaki (ISR) d. Matan Shitrit (ISR) 1-6 7-6(2) 6-1 (3)Sergei Bubka, Jr. (UKR) d. Gleb Sklyr (ISR) 6-3 6-0 (6)(WC)Gilad Ben Zvi (ISR) d. Anton Rabinov (ISR) 6-1 6-0 (4)Sergei Betov (BLR) d. Gilad Berman (ISR) 6-2 6-1 Dor Amir (ISR) d. Guy Michelevitz (ISR) 6-1 3-6 6-3 Qualifying Round (1)James Ward (GBR) d. (5)Amit Inbar (ISR) 6-4 6-2 (2)Karlis Lejnieks (LAT) d. (7)Noam Yitzhaki (ISR) 7-6(?) 6-1 (3)Sergei Bubka, Jr. (UKR) d. (6)(WC)Gilad Ben Zvi (ISR) 6-2 6-3 (4)Sergei Betov (BLR) d. Dor Amir (ISR) 6-2 6-3 Doubles Seeds: (cut: Idan Rosenberg/Matan Shitrit - 6512) 1. Sergei Betov/Karlis Lejnieks 2. Amit Inbar/Nikolay Nesterov First Round (1)Sergei Betov/Karlis Lejnieks (BLR/LAT) d. (WC)Gilad Ben Zvi/Tal Eros (ISR) 6-1 7-6(4) (2)Amit Inbar/Nikolay Nesterov (ISR/RUS) d. Idan Rosenberg/Matan Shitrit (ISR) 2-6 6-4 (10-4) Qualifying Round (1)Sergei Betov/Karlis Lejnieks (BLR/LAT) d. (2)Amit Inbar/Nikolay Nesterov (ISR/RUS) 6-7(7) 6-3 (10-5)