O’Brien set to face Mecir Jnr

DAVIS CUP ace Colin O’Brien must overcome the son of a tennis icon to nail down a semi-final place in the Green Property Irish Men’s Open.

By ending the title hopes of Malta’s Matthew Asciak 7-6 (7/4) 6-2 at the Fitzwilliam Club last night, Dubliner O’Brien now faces the No 2 seed, Slovakia’s Miloslav Mecir, in the quarter-finals of the ITF Futures world-ranking event.

World No 397 Mecir’s father, also Miloslav was an outstanding player during the 80s, capturing the singles gold medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics.