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Oliel defeated in Boys final at Australian Open

Yshai Oliel lost in the final of the Australian Open Junior Boys tournament to 15th seed Zsombor Piros of Hungary 6-4, 4-6, 3-6

January 29, 2017 21:39
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BySimon Griver

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Seeded fourth in the tournament, the Israeli started as the firm favourite after beating top seed Yibing Wu of China in the semi final.

Oliel slipped behind 0-2 at the start of the match but recovered well to take the first set 6-4.

The second set was also evenly balanced with the Hungarian eventually winning 3-6.

But in the final set Piros was by far the stronger player with Oliel making many unforced errors to lose 2-6.