Saketh Myneni-Ramkumar Ramanathan climbs into the second round

Jevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prahanth also continued with a comeback win at the Maha Open.

Indian couples crossed the double quarter -finals, while the eighth Alexis Galrneau from Canada, not set player Valentin Vacherot from Monaco and the Dalibor Svrcina of the Czech Republic to the Singles quarter -finals at the Maha Open ATP Challenger -Tennis Championship in the Mhalone Balewadi stage stage -Stad -stage stage -stage stage -stage stage stadium -stage stage. .

In the Singles Second Runde, Alexis Galarneau from Canada Seed, the Wildcard Michael Geerts of Belgium 6: 4, 6: 4, the winner of the last edition of the event Valentin Vacherot from Monaco ended the course of the Japanese qualification masamichi Imamura 6-2, 6- 3 in just more than an hour to enter the last eight stage.

Dalibor Svrcina of the Czech Republic gathered to Jurij Rodionov from Austria and won 6: 4, 7: 5. In the meantime, the qualification game Ilia Simakin from Russia proved to be too strong for Australia’s James McCabe and set himself 6: 2, 6 : 4 as quarter -finals.

In doubles, the top Indian couple Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashannth came down 3: 5 to get past the Danish August couple of Holmgren and Elmer Moller 6-3, 7-6 (7) to enter the quarter-finals . You will take over another Indian couple from Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan, who recorded a 6: 0, 6: 4 victory against the Belgian duo by Michael Geerts and Britian’s Billy Harris with 6: 0, 6: 4.

The finalist of last week in Delhi, Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha, and Courtney John Lock from Zimbabwe combined well to get the Canadians Alexis Galarneau and Kelsey Stevenson and win the quarter-finals with 6-4, 7-6 (1).

However, other Indians, including Wildcards Siddhant Banthia, Parikshit Somani, Karan Singh and Nitin Kumar Sinha, were too short. In a surprise in a double, the Russians Petr Bar Biryukov and Ilia Simakin annoyed the third seed Aniruddha Chandrashekar and Taipei Ray HO and pulled a 7-6 (3) -7, 10-4 victory.

Maha open results

Singles second round

• Valentin Vacherot (Mon) Bt (Q) Masamichi Imamura (JPN) 6-2, 6-3;
• (8) Alexis Galarneau (can) BT (Q) Michael Geerts (BEL) 6-4, 6-4
• Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) BT Jurij Rodionov (Aut) 6-4, 7-5;
• (Q) Ilia Simakin Bt James McCabe (from) 6-2, 6-4;

Double first round

• (1) JEEVAN NEDUNCHEZHIYAN (Ind) /Vijay Sundar Prahanth (Ind) Bt August Holmgren /Elmer Moller (den) 6-3, 7-6 (7);
• (2) Blake Bayldon (from) / Matthew Christopher Romios (from) BT (toilet) Siddhant Banthia (Ind) / Parikshit Somani (Ind) 6-2, 6-4;
• Enrico Dalla Valle (ITA) / Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB) BT (toilet) Karan Singh / Nitin Kumar Sinha (Ind) 6-2, 6-2;
• Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (Ind) / Courtney John Lock (ZIM) BT Alexis Galarneau / Kelsey Stevenson (can) 6-4.7-6 (1)
• (4) Blake Ellis / Tristan Schoolkate (from) Bt Johannes Ingildsen (den) / Ivan Liutarevich (RUS) 6-3, 6-4;
• Saketh Myneni / Ramkumar Ramanathan (Ind) BT Michael Geerts (BEL) / Billy Harris (GbR) 6-0, 6-4.
• Petrbar Biryukov / Ilia Simakin (RUS) BT (3) Aniruddha Chandrashekar (Ind) / Ray Ho (TPE) 7-6 (3), 6 (5) -7, 10-4

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