Sriram balaji and Vishnu vardhan in quarterfinals in Tashkent
Top seeds Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan bat Uladzimir Ignatik of Belarus and Kamil Majchrzak of Poland 2-6, 6-3, 10-3 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $75,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Uzbekistan on Tuesday.
In another Challenger in Italy, Purav Raja in partnership with Antonio Sancic of Croatia made the doubles quarterfinals.
In the ITF men’s Futures in Thailand, Karunuday Singh beat the seventh seed Maciej Smola of Poland 6-1, 6-4, He was joined by second seed Manish Sureshkumar in the pre-quarterfinals.
In the ITF women’s event in Lagos, champion last week
Pranjala Yadlapalli blanked her opponent to make the second round.
Qualifier Jennifer Luikham missed a bunch of chances after saving four match points from being down 3-5 in the second set to force the decider in which she led 3-0. Jennifer had lost her way from 5-3 in the first set, as she was eventually beaten 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4 by Chiraz Bechri of Tunisia.
The results:
$75,000 Challenger men, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan bt Uladzimir Ignatik (Blr) & Kamil Majchrzak (Pol) 2-6, 6-3, [10-3].
€ 64,000 Challenger men, Ortisei, Italy
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Antonio Sancic (Cro) & Purav Raja bt Daniele Bracciali & Andrea Vavassori (Ita) 7-6(2), 6-3.
$25,000 ITF men, Lagos, Nigeria
Singles (first round): Aryan Goveas bt William Bushamuka (US) 6-3, 7-6(3).
$15,000 ITF men, Hua Hin, Thailand
Singles (first round): Karunuday Singh bt Maciej Smola (Pol) 6-1, 6-4; Manish Sureshkumar bt Kelsey Stevenson (Can) 6-2 (retired).
$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Shamael Chaudhry (GBR) & Li-Wie Tan (Tpe) bt Omni Kumar (US) & Sagar Ahuja 4-6, 7-5, [10-8].
$25,000 ITF women, Lagos, Nigeria
Singles (first round): Chiraz Bechri (Tun) bt Jennifer Luikham 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4; Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Aanu Ayegbusi (Nor) 6-0, 6-0.
$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Andreea Velcea (Rou) & Amber Washington (US) bt Emilie Lindh Gallagher (GBR) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 3-6, 6-0, [13-11].
