Sports Desk, AnyTV, New Delhi
Published by: Rajeev Rai
Updated Tue, 08 Feb 2022 12:07 AM IST
Summary
India’s Arjun Kadhe managed to break into the main draw of the Bengaluru Open. But Saketh Myneni crashed out of the ATP Challenger tennis tournament after losing in the first round. Kande, who made it to the qualifying event as an alternate, defeated Austria’s Alexander Erler 6-3, 6-4 in straight sets on Monday.
India’s Arjun Kadhe managed to break into the main draw of the Bengaluru Open. But Saketh Myneni crashed out of the ATP Challenger tennis tournament after losing in the first round. Kande, who made it to the qualifying event as an alternate, defeated Austria’s Alexander Erler 6-3, 6-4 in straight sets on Monday. Kadhe will face fifth seed Altug Selikbilek of Turkey in the first round of the main draw.
Myneni, who was named in the Indian team as a reserve member for next month’s Davis Cup match against Denmark, suffered a 1-6, 1-6 loss to Italy’s Gian Marco Moroni in the men’s singles first round. fell.
Shashi Kumar Mukund, however, failed to cross the qualifier hurdle. He went down to third seed Borna Gozo of Croatia 3-6, 2-6 in the first round.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan will begin their men’s singles campaign against Mathias Borg and Max Purcell respectively on Tuesday. Rishi Reddy and SD Prajwal Dev have been entered through wild cards in the main draw. Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan will be teaming up in doubles. Kadhe and Adil Kalyanpur have been given wild cards in doubles.
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India’s Arjun Kadhe managed to break into the main draw of the Bengaluru Open. But Saketh Myneni crashed out of the ATP Challenger tennis tournament after losing in the first round. Kande, who made it to the qualifying event as an alternate, defeated Austria’s Alexander Erler 6-3, 6-4 in straight sets on Monday. Kadhe will face fifth seed Altug Selikbilek of Turkey in the first round of the main draw.
Myneni, who was named in the Indian team as a reserve member for next month’s Davis Cup match against Denmark, suffered a 1-6, 1-6 loss to Italy’s Gian Marco Moroni in the men’s singles first round. fell.
Shashi Kumar Mukund, however, failed to cross the qualifier hurdle. He went down to third seed Borna Gozo of Croatia 3-6, 2-6 in the first round.
Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Ramkumar Ramanathan will begin their men’s singles campaign against Mathias Borg and Max Purcell respectively on Tuesday. Rishi Reddy and SD Prajwal Dev have been entered through wild cards in the main draw. Yuki Bhambri and Divij Sharan will be teaming up in doubles. Kadhe and Adil Kalyanpur have been given wild cards in doubles.