Indians at ATP circuit around the world
by Kapil Khera
Indians at different circuits around the world making a statements at all levels
Jeevan-Perez combination makes it to semifinals
In Savannah, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Enrique Lopez Perez of Spain battled past Robert Galloway and Andreas Siljestrom 2-6, 6-4, [10-5] in the quarterfinals of the $75,000 Challenger.
Divij Sharan and Marcin Matkowski of Poland were beaten 6-4, 2-6, [10-4] by Dominic Inglot and Robert LIndstedt in the semifinals of the ATP Tour event on Friday.
The second-seeded Indo-Polish pair collected 90 ATP points and €6,580.
In the $25,000 ITF Futures in Abuja, Arjun Kadhe ended the fine run of Suraj Prabodh and entered the final.
In Cairo, Snehadevi Reddy was in fine form as she outplayed Marlies Szupper of Austria for the loss of just one game and cruised into the semifinals.
The results:
€486,145 ATP, Istanbul, Turkey: Doubles (semifinals): Dominic Inglot (GBr) & Robert LIndstedt (Swe) bt Marcin Matkowski (Pol) & Divij Sharan 6-4, 2-6, [10-4]. Quarterfinals: Matkowski & Divij w.o. Dusan Lajovic & Viktor Troicki (Srb).
$75,000 Challenger, Savannah, USA: Doubles (quarterfinals): Enrique Lopez Perez (Esp) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Robert Galloway (USA) & Andreas Siljestrom (Swe) 2-6, 6-4, [10-5].
$25,000 ITF tournament, Abuja, Nigeria: Semifinals: Arjun Kadhe bt Suraj Prabodh 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.
Doubles (semifinals): Ronnie Schneider (USA) & Arjun Kadhe bt Moez Echargui (Tun) & Thomas Setodji (Fra) 6-3, 3-6, [10-7]; Remi Boutillier & Tom Jomby (Fra) bt Aryan Goveas & Anurag Nenwani 7-6(4), 6-4.
$15,000 ITF tournament, Kampala, Uganda: Quarterfinals: Ivan Nedelko (Rus) bt S.D. Prajwal Dev 6-1, 7-5; Kaza Vinayak Sharma bt Kunal Anand 6-4, 3-6, 7-5.
Doubles (semifinals): Goran Markovic (Srb) & Kaza Vinayak bt Vasisht Cheruku & Prajwal Dev 6-3, 7-5; Giovani Samaha (Lbn) & Kunal bt Darko Bojanovic (BIH) & Shunsuke Wakite (Jpn) 6-7(4), 7-5, [10-7].
$15,000 ITF tournament, Cairo, Egypt: Quarterfinals: Snehadevi Reddy bt Marlies Szupper (Aut) 6-1, 6-0. Doubles (semifinals): Shelby Talcott (USA) & Riya Bhatia bt Minami Akiyama & Haine Ogata (Jpn) 6-2, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF tournament, Hua Hin, Thailand: Semifinals: Nudnida Luangnam (Tha) bt Zeel Desai 6-4, 6-0.
Doubles (final): Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Tha) & Zeel bt Yuqi Sheng (Chn) & Aldila Sutjiadi (Ina) 7-5, 6-1.
Source : Hindu