Bopanna loses first round in Rome; qualifier Ashmitha Easwaramurthi pulls through in Singapore
Rohan Bopanna in partnership with Dominic Inglot of Britain was beaten 7-6(5), 6-3 in the doubles first round of the €5,791,280 ATP-1000 tennis tournament in Rome, Italy.
In the ITF women’s event in Singapore, qualifier Ashmitha Easwaramurthi battled past Kwan Yau Ng of Singapore 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(3). Rutuja Bhosale also sailed into the pre-quarterfinals, while Sowjanya Bavisetti lost to the second seed.
The results:
€ 5,791,280 ATP-1000, Rome, Italy
Doubles (first round): Juan Sebastian Cabal & Robert Farah (COL) bt Dominic Inglot (GBR) & Rohan Bopanna 7-6(5), 6-3.
€ 92,040 Challenger, Heilbronn, Germany
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Carlos Berloco (ARG) & Hugo Dellien (BOL) bt Tuna Altuna (TUR) & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 4-6, 6-3, [10-5].
$ 54,060 Challenger, Gwangju, Korea
Singles (second round): Akira Santillan (AUS) bt Saketh Myneni 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Cheng-Peng Hsieh (TPE) & Christopher Rungkat (INA) bt Toshihide Matsui (JPN) & Vishnu Vardhan 6-2, 7-5.
$25,000 ITF women, Singapore
Singles (first round): Ashmitha Easwaramurthi bt Kwan Yau Ng (SGP) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(3); Rutuja Bhosale bt Charmaine Shi Yi Seah (SGP) 6-0, 6-2; Abigail Tere-Apisah (PNG) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Beatrice Gumulya & Jessy Rompies (INA) bt Zoe Kruger (RSA) & Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-2, 6-1; Nudnida LUangnam (THA) & Riya Bhatia bt Lynelle En Tong Lim (SGP) & Bhuvana Kalva 6-2, 6-2; Abigail Tere-Apisah (PNG) & Rutuja Bhossale bt Nastja Kolar (SLO) & Alexandra Riley (USA) 7-5, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF men, Luan, China
Singles (first round): Karunuday Singh bt Shi Hong Zeng (CHN) 6-3, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Kampala, Uganda
Singles (first round): Ivan Nedelko (RUS) bt VM Ranjeet 6-4, 6-3; SD Prajwal Dev bt Diego Fernandez Flores (CHI) 6-2, 6-1; Julian Bradley (IRL) bt Suraj Prabodh 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-2; Dhruv Sunish bt Mehluli Don Ayanda Sibanda (ZIM) 6-1, 6-4; Niki Poonacha bt Ibrahim Kibet Yego (KEN) 6-0, 6-3.
9Courtesy: The Hindu)
