Sumit Nagal makes progress in Buenos Aires
Seventh seed Sumit Nagal fought his way past Jose Hernandez-Fernandez of Dominican Republic 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 to make the quarterfinals of the 54,160 Challenger tennis tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Sumit was scheduled to play Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina in the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, in the Challenger in France, Ramkumar Ramanathan inn partnership with Ariel Behar of Uruguay was beaten by the top seeds from Britain, Jonny O’Mara and Ken Skupski in the doubles quarterfinals.
In the ITF men’s Futures in China, top seeds Anirudh Chandasekar and Vijay Sunder Prashanth set up a title clash with second seeds, Vladimir Ivanov of Estonia and Yan Sabanin of Russia.
In the ITF women’s event in Tabarka, Tunisia, quaifier Humera Shaik was beaten in the quarterfinals 6-4, 6-2 by fellow qualifier Hanna Viller Moller of Denmark.
In Cairo, Sathwika Sama was beaten by the top seed Sandra Samir in the quarterfinals, while Ashmitha Easwaramurthi lost to the second seed Merel Hoedt of the Netherlands in the quarterfinals in Johannesburg.
The results:
€ 137,560 Challenger, Orleans, France
Doubles (quarterfinals): Jonny O’Mara & Ken Skupski (GBR) bt Ariel Behar (URU) & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-3, 6-4.
€ 54,160 Challenger, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sumit Nagal bt Jose Hernandez-Fernandez (DOM) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF men, Nanchang, China
Doubles (semifinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Chukang Wang & Zihao Xia (CHN) 6-0, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF men, Antalya, Turkey
Doubles (semifinals): Mats Hermans & Bart Stevens (NED) bt Kelsey Stevenson (CAN) & Adil Kalyanpur 6-4, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF women, Cairo, Egypt
Singles (quarterfinals): Sandra Samir (EGY) bt Sathwika Sama 6-2, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF women, Johannesburg, South Africa
Singles (quarterfinals): Merel Hoedt (NED) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles (semifinals): Carline Romeo (FRA) & Chanel Simmonds (RSA) tb Maria Vittoria Viviani (ITA) & Zeel Desai 7-5, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Tabarka, Tunisia
Singles (quarterfinals): Hannah Viller Moller (Den) bt Humera Shaik 6-4, 6-2.
(Courtesy: The Hindu)
