LUCKY LOSER ADIL KALYANPUR MAKES QUARTERFINALS IN SPAIN
Lucky loser Adil Kalyanpur made the quarterfinals by getting past Simon Carr of Ireland in the $15,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament in Spain on Wednesday.
Adil, who trains at the Rafael Nadal Academy in Spain, led 6-3, 2-2 when his Irish opponent retired.
In the $25,000 ITF women’s event in Thailand, Pranjala Yadlapalli beat the fifth seed Jacqueline Cako of the US, but second seed Karman Kaur Thandi lost in three tie-breaks to Maddison Inglis of Australia, after saving a matchpoint in the 12th game of the decider.
Karman, however, made the doubles semifinals with Jia-Qi Kang of China.
The results:
$25,000 ITF men, Andijan, Uzbekistan
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Kristian Lozan (Rus) bt Arjun Kadhe 6-1, 7-5.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Alex Lawson (US) & Arjun Kadhe bt Ivan Liutarevich & Dzmitry Zhyrmont (Blr) 6-1, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF men, Singapore
Doubles (quarterfinals): Jeremy Beale & James Frawley (Aus) bt Aryan Goveas & Karunuday Singh 6-2, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF men, Santa Margarida de Montbui, Spain
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Adil Kalyanpur bt Simon Carr (Irl) 6-3, 2-2 (retired).
$15,000 ITF men, Harare, Zimbabwe
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Aaron Schmid (Sui) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & PC Vignesh bt Aaron Schmid (Sui) & Emmett Ward (US) 7-5, 7-6(4).
$25,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Thailand
Sinles (pre-quarterfinals): Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Jacqueline Cako (US) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; Maddison Inglis (Aus) bt Karman Kaur Thandi 7-6(7), 6-7(5), 7-6(4).
Doubles (quarterfinals): Jia-Qi Kang (Chn) & Karman Kaur Thandi bt Jacqueline Cabaj Awad (Swe) & Nudnida Luangnam (Tha) 7-5, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Obidos, Portugal
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Mahak Jain & Sathwika Sama bt Stephanie Bertschmann (Por) & Michele Roth (Ger) 6-3, 1-6, [10-3].