Tennis Round up | Divij Sharan ousted from Zhuhai, Sumit Nagal progress in Buenos Aires
Coming off a brilliant title win in St. Petersburg, Russia, last week, India’s Divij Sharan had to share $4,900 with Artem Sitak of New Zealand after they were ousted by Japanese pair in Zhuhai. In other matches, while Sumit Nagal progressed, Ramkumar Ramanathan lost in their respective tournaments.
Partnering with New Zealand’s Sitak, Sharan was facing the second-seeded British-Japanese pair of Luke Bambridge and Ben Mclachlan. However, they went down 7-6(2), 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals on Wednesday as India’s journey ended quite early in the tournament.
Apart from Sharan, India also saw Ramkumar Ramanathan getting ousted in the Challenger in France. The Indian third seed had paired up with France’s Gregoire Barrere, where he lost 7-5, 6-4 in the second round. The Indian, however, collected five ATP points and €1,320.
However, it wasn’t all gloomy for the Indian tennis fans as their new blue-eyed boy Sumit Nagal kept his winning run on by beating Pedro Sakamoto of Brazil in the Challenger in Buenos Aires. The seventh-seeded player won 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-3 in the second round and would now be playing Jose Hernandez-Fernandez of Dominic Republic in the pre-quarterfinals.
Results
The results:
$1,000,000 ATP, Zhuhai, China Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Luke Bambridge (GBR) & Ben Mcachlan (Jpn) bt Artem Sitak (Nzl) & Divij Sharan 7-6(2), 6-4.
€137,560 Challenger, Orleans, France Singles (second round): Gregoire Barrere (Fra) bt Ramkumar Ramanathan 7-5, 6-4.
€54,160 Challenger, Buenos Aires, Argentina Singles (second round): Sumit Nagal bt Pedro Sakamoto (Bra) 6-7(2), 6-4, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF men, Oliveira De Azemeis, Portugal Singles (first round): Yannick Mertens (Bel) bt Terence Das 6-2, 2-6, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF men, Nanchang, China Singles (first round): Anirudh Chandrasekar bt Xian Yao Zhou (Chn) 6-4, 6-1; Ray Ho (Tpe) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-4, 6-3;
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Vasisht Cheruku & PC Vignesh bt Taisei Ichikawa & Seita Watanabe (Jpn) 6-4, 6-7(4), [10-5]; Chukang Wang & Zihao Xia (Chn) bt Pol Wattanakul (Tha) & Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-2, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF men, Cairo, Egypt Singles (first round): Dhruv Sunish bt Joshua Luck (RSA) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF women, Anning, China Singles (first round): Sakura Hondo (Jpn) bt Soha Sadiq 6-1, 3-6, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Cairo, Egypt Singles (first round): Anastasia zolotareva (Rus) bt Saumya Vig 6-1, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Johannesburg, South Africa Singles (first round): Stephanie Kent (US) bt Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy 7-6(3), 6-2; Ashmitha Easwaramurthi bt Nicole Viljoen (RSA) 6-4, 6-0.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Maria Vittoria Viviani (Ita) & Zeel Desai bt Amonette Theron & Nicole Viljoen (RSA) 6-2, 6-2; Demi Tran (Ned) & Ashmitha Easwaramurthi bt Vivian Mayumi Toma (Bra) & Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy 6-2, 6-2; Marne Dercksen & Isabella Weatherhead (RSA) bt Shannon Cox (RSA) & Snehal Mane 6-1, 2-6, [14-12].