Indian sports wrap, June 7: Sumit Nagal enters challenger semifinals
TENNIS
Sumit Nagal beat Ivan Gaikhov 6-1, 7-6(4) in the quarterfinals of the €120,950 Challenger tennis tournament in Heilbronn, Germany, on Friday.
In the $60,000 ITF women’s event in Sumter, USA, Sahaja Yamlapalli reached the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-1 victory over Katrina Scott.
The results:
€120,950 Challenger, Heilbronn, Germany
Singles (quarterfinals): Sumit Nagal bt Ivan Gaikhov 6-1, 7-6(4); Pre-quarterfinals: Sumit bt Javier Cosano (Esp) 6-4, 6-1.
$25,000 ITF men, Cordoba, Spain
Doubles (semifinals): Siddhant Banthia & Tennyson Whiting (USA) bt Pedro Marcos & Benjamin Lopez (Esp) 6-3, 4-6, [10-6].
$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (quarterfinals): Manish Sureshkumar bt Nicolas Ifi (Bel) 6-2, 7-5.
$60,000 ITF women, Sumter, USA
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Katrina Scott (USA) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1.
$40,000 ITF women, Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
Singles (quarterfinals): Eudice Chong (Hkg) bt Ankita Rain 6-3, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Madrid, Spain
Doubles (quarterfinals): Ana Candiotto (Bra) & Anastasia Iamachkine (Per) bt Luiz Fullana (Bra) & Madhurima Sawant 3-6, 6-3, [10-5].
$15,000 ITF women, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Singles (first round): Saumya Vig bt Amanda Elkin (Mex) 2-6, 6-2, [12-10]; Sharmada Balu bt Karolina Lincer (Pol) 2-6, 6-2, [10-6]; Riya Bhatia bt Maria Uribe (Col) 6-2, 7-5.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (quarterfinals): Zeel Desai bt Salakthip Ounmuang (Tha) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.
– Team Sportstar
Maan Kesharwani wins AITA tournament final
Maan Kesharwani beat Oges Theyjo 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 in the final of the Rs.250,000 AITA men’s tennis tournament on Friday.
The results (finals):
Singles: Maan Kesharwani bt Oges Theyjo 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
Doubles: Aditya Balsekar & Dharmil Shah bt Abhinansu Borthakur & Vilasier Khate 5-7, 6-1, [10-6].
– Team Sportstar