Second successive $25,000 singles title for Pranjala yedlapalli

Pranjala Yadlapalli beat top seed Conny Perrin of Switzerland 6-1, 7-6(2) in the final to clinch her second successive title in the $25,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Lagos, Nigeria on Saturday.

The 19-year-old Pranjala had beaten the same opponent, the 142nd ranked Conny Perrin, in the final last week, albeit in three sets. In fact, in winning ten matches on the trot over a fortnight in singles, as she had opted to skip doubles, Pranjala had dropped only one set.

This was the third singles title of professional circuit for the 449th ranked Pranjala.

Meanwhile, Leander Paes in partnership with Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela of Mexico made the doubles final, with a 6-4, 7-6(3) victory over Tomas Lipovsek Puches and Juan Ignacio Londero of Argentina in the $150,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Dominican Republic.

The second seeded Indo-Mexican pair was scheduled to meet Ariel Behar of Uruguay and Roberto Quiroz of Ecuador in the final.

In the € 64,000 Challenger in Italy, Purav Raja in partnership with Antonio Sancic of Croatia beat the second seeds Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies of Germany 7-5, 7-6(2) in the semifinals.

In the ITF men’s Futures final in Hua Hin, second seed Manish Sureshkumar was beaten in three sets by Ajeet Rai of New Zealand.

The results:
$150,000 Challenger men, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Doubles (semifnals): Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela (Mex) & Leander Paes bt Tomas Lipovsek Puches & Juan Ignacio londero (Arg) 6-4, 7-6(3).

€ 64,000 Challenger men, Ortisei, Italy
Doubles (semifinals): Antonio Sancic (Cro) & Purav Raja bt Kevin Krawietz & Andreas Mies (Ger) 7-5, 7-6(2).

$15,000 ITF men, Hua Hin, Thailand
Singles (final): Ajeet Rai (Nzl) bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

$25,000 ITF women, Lagos, Nigeria
Singles (final): Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Conny Perrin (Sui) 6-1, 7-6(2); Semifinals: Conny Perrin (Sui) bt Riya Bhatia 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-4; Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Julia Terziyska (Bul) 6-2, 6-