ARJUN KADHE FIGHTS THROUGH IN ANDIJAN; ADIL KALYANPUR THRIVES AS LUCKY LOSER IN SPAIN
Fourth seed Arjun Kadhe fought his way past Martin Borisiouk of Belarus 7-6(4), 7-5 in the first round of the $25,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament in Uzbekistan on Tuesday.
In Spain, Adil Kalyanpur capitalised on the ‘’lucky loser’ entry to beat Jaume Pia Malfeito of Spain in straight sets. He also moved into the doubles quarterfinals with Benjamin Niv of Bulgaria.
In Harare, Anirudh Chandrasekar also won his first round singles, and made the doubles quarterfinals with his brother, PC Vignesh.
In the ITF women’s event in Thailand, Karman Kaur Thandi made the doubles quarterfinals with Jia-Qi Kang of China, while Pranjala Yadlapalli beat qualifier Sowjanya Bavisetti in three sets to make the second round. Rutuja Bhosale retired early in the second set in her match against Maddison Inglis of Australia.
The results:
$25,000 ITF men, Andijan, Uzbekistan
Singles (first round): Arjun Kadhe bt Martin Borisiouk (Blr) 7-6(4), 7-5.
$15,000 ITF men, Singapore
Singles (first round): Ilija Vucic (Srb) bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-3, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF men, Santa Margarida de Montbui, Spain
Singles (first round): Adil Kalyanpur bt Jaume Pia Malfeito (Esp) 7-5, 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Benjamin Niv (Bul) & Adil Kalyanpur bt Biel Roca Carreras & Alberto Tinagli Segura (Esp) 6-4, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Harare, Zimbabwe
Singles (first round): Jiri Vencl (Cze) bt Anurag Nenwani 7-5, 6-2; Anirudh Chandrasekar bt Vasilios Caripi (RSA) 6-0, 7-6(5); Isaac Stoute (GBR) bt Anshumat Srivastava 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sean Hodkin & Isaac Stoute (GBR) bt Lance-Pierre Du Toit (RSA) & Anurag Nenwani 6-3, 4-6, [10-7]; Anirudh Chandrasekar & PC Vignesh bt Mark Chigaazira (Zim) & Richard Thongoana (RSA) 6-4, 6-4; William Bushamuka (US) & Tuki Jacobs (Nam) bt Tarun Anirudh Chilakalaudi & Kunal Vazirani 6-4, 6-1.
$25,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Thailand
Singles (first round): Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-1, 1-6, 6-4; Maddison Inglis (Aus) bt Rutuja Bhosale 6-1, 1-0 (retired).
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jia-Qi Kang (Chn) & Karman Kaur Thandi bt Aunchisa Chanta & Supapitch Kuearum (Tha) 6-2, 7-6(5).
