Johnston advances to last eight as top seed Glancy opts out with flu

AFTER RECEIVING a walkover from top seed Daniel Glancy in the opening round, Glasnevin’s Paul Keoghan was quickly jolted back to reality last night at the National Indoors Tennis Championships at David Lloyd Riverview when Mike Johnston defeated him 6-4 6-1.

Johnston was pushed to a second set tie-break before seeing off the gutsy challenge of Angus Lloyd in his opening contest.

But despite that favourable scenario for Keoghan, Johnston, who plays out of the Donnybrook and Fitzwilliam clubs, clinched his place in the quarter-finals on a reasonably comfortable basis.