Defending champion Valentin Vacherot sailed into the quarterfinals of the Challenger tennis tournament in Pune on Wednesday.
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Defending champion Valentin Vacherot of Monaco eased past qualifier Masamichi Imamura of Japan 6-2, 6-3 in the second round of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis tournament at the Balewadi Stadium on Wednesday.
In the quarterfinals, Vacherot will play eighth seed Alexis Galarneau of Canada.
In doubles, there was a lot of success for the Indian players in the top half of the draw, while three Indian teams in the bottom half of the draw could not find their way forward.
Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan beat Michael Geerts and Billy Harris 6-0, 6-4 to set up a quarterfinal against top seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth.
Niki Poonacha in partnership with Courtney Lock, the finalists of the Delhi Challenger last week, set up a quarterfinal against third seeds Blake Ellis and Tristan Schoolkate of Australia.
The results:
Second round: Valentin Vacherot (Mon) bt Masamichi Imamura (Jpn) 6-2, 6-3; Alexis Galarneau (Can) bt Michael Geerts (Bel) 6-4, 6-4; Dalibor Svrcina (Cze) bt Jurij Rodionov (Aut) 6-4, 7-5; Ilia Simakin bt James McCabe (Aus) 6-2, 6-4.
Doubles: First round: Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt August Holmgren & Elmer Moller (Den) 6-3, 7-6(7); Saketh Mynnei & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Michael Geerts (Bel) & Billy Harris (GBR) 6-0, 6-4; Blake Ellis & Tristan Schoolkate (Aus) bt Johannes Ingildsen (Den) & Ivan Liutarevich 6-3, 6-4; Niki Poonacha & Courtney Lock (Zim) bt Alexis Galarneau & Kelsey Stevenson (Can) 6-4, 7-6(1); Jay Clarke (GBR) & Jurij Rodionov (Aut) bt Enzo Couacaud (Fra) & Rio Noguchi (Jpn) 6-3, 5-7, [12-10]; Petr Biryukov & Ilia Simakin bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Ray Ho (Tpe) 7-6(3), 6-7(6), [10-4]; Enrico Dalla Valle (Ita) & Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) bt Karan Singh & Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-2, 6-2; Blake Baylon & Matthew Romios (Aus) bt Siddhant Banthia & Parikshit Somani 6-2, 6-4.
Published – February 19, 2025 07:29 pm IST