Tennis News

At $75K Istanbul Challenger, Turkey

[R1] (3) Purav Raja (IND)/ Andreas Siljeström (SWE) l Tatsuma Ito (JPN)/ Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 57 26
[R1] (4) Divij Sharan (IND)/ Marcus Daniell (NZL) vs (WC) Baris Erguden (TUR)/ Anil Yuksel (TUR)

Good to see Divij and Purav r playing in Turkey though with different partners ... But 3rd seed Purav-Andreas lose their first round match against Japanese pair in straight sets.
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At $15K Canada F10 Futures, Toronto

[Q1] (6) Sumit NAGAL (IND) bye
[Q2] (6) Sumit NAGAL (IND) bt Xiuneng WANG (CAN) 60 61
[Q3] (6) Sumit NAGAL (IND) bt Egor KOLEGANOV (RUS) 63 16 62

[R1] (Q) Sumit NAGAL (IND,1742) vs (2) Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL,368)

Doubles
[R1] Sumit NAGAL (IND)/ Harry BOURCHIER (AUS) vs (WC) Egor KOLEGANOV (RUS)/ David VOLFSON (CAN)

Sumit Nagal qualify for main-draw but having very tough first round against top-400 Belarus player.