Fourth seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Purav Raja opened with a 6-2, 7-6(7) victory over Taylor Fritz and Reilly Opelka of the United States in the pre-quarterfinals of the $150,000 Challenger tennis tournament on Monday.
In the $75,000 Challenger in Yokohama, Prajnesh Gunneswaran was beaten 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 by top-seeded Jordan Thompson of Australia.
Riya progresses
In the ITF women’s tournament in Antalya, Riya Bhatia defeated fourth-seeded Dea Herdzelas of Bosnia & Herzegovina 7-5, 6-4 in the first round.
Other results:
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Tobias Kamke & Tim Puetz (Ger) bt Yasutaka Uchiyama (Jpn) & Sriram Balaji 6-4, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Angelina Gabueva (Rus) & Y. Pranjala bt An-Sophie Mestach (Bel) & Despina Papamichail (Gre) 4-6, 7-5, [10-5].