Sriram Balaji in quarterfinals of Anning Challenger with Jamie Cerretani
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Sriram Balaji, seeded second in partnership with Jamie Cerretani of the US, beat the Chinese wild card entrants Yecong He and Di Wu, 6-4, 7-6(4) to make the doubles quarterfinals of the $162,480 Challenger tennis tournament in China on Wednesday.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran in partnership with Saketh Myneni also made the doubles quarterfinals, but Ramkumar Ramanathan and Vishnu Vardhan lost in two tie-breaks to Sander Arends and Tristan-Samuel Weissborn.
The results:
$162,480 Challenger, Anning, China
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sander Arends (NED) & Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan & Vishnu Vardhan 7-6(4), 7-6(7); Prajnesh Gunneswaran & Saketh Myneni bt Enrique Lopez Perez (ESP) & Luca Margaroli (SUI) 7-6(5), 6-4; Jamie Cerretani (US) & Sriram Balaji bt Yecong He & Di Wu (CHN) 6-4, 7-6(4).
$25,000 ITF men, Shymkent, Kazakhstan
Singles (first round): Aleksandre Metreveli (GEO) bt Sidharth Rawat 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sidharth Rawat & Manish Sureshkumar bt Saida’lo Saidkarimov & Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev (UZB) 6-4, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF men, Abuja, Nigeria
Singles (first round): Dominik Palan (CZE) bt Arjun Kadhe 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Cairo, Egypt
Singles (first round): VM Ranjeet bt Daniil Sokolov (RUS) 6-2, 6-0; Mathieu Perchicot (FRA) bt PC Vignesh 6-1, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Cairo, Egypt
Singles (first round): Lisa Mays (AUS) bt Sravya Shivani Chillakalapudi 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Minami Akiyama & Ikumi Yamazaki (JPN) bt Lisa Mays (AUS) & Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi 6-4, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Turkey Singles (first round): Eliessa Vanlangendonck (BEL) bt Jennifer Luikham 3-6, 6-4, 6-0.
(Courtesy: The Hindu)