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Pune (Maharashtra) [India], February 21 (ANI): Top seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth kept the Indian flag high reaching the doubles finals, while sixth-seeded Brandon Holt of USA upset top-seeded Billy Harris of Great Britain to enter the last four of the singles at the Maha Open ATP Challenger 100 Men’s Tennis Championship organized by Maharashtra State Lawn tennis Association (MSLTA) on Friday.
This competition is being organised in association with the Department of Sports and Youth Services Govt of Maharashtra, PCMC, PMC and PMDTA at the Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Stadium.
In the singles semifinals scheduled for 10:45 am, it will be a contest between unseeded players Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan and Dalibor Svrcina of the Czech Republic while sixth-seeded Brandon Holt of USA will clash with eighth-seeded Alexis Galarneau of Canada, as per an MSLTA press release.
Top-seeded Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth of India kept the Indian interest going as they put out the pair of Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha and Courtney John Lock of Zimbabwe 7-6(5),6-3. They will take on second seeds Australians Blake Bayldon and Matthew Christopher Romios who edged out Jay Clarke of Britain and Jurij Rodionov of Austria 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 in the other semifinals.
In the biggest upset of the day, sixth-seeded Brandon Holt of the USA took 1 hour 59 minutes to upset top-seeded Billy Harris of Great Britain 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. Holt who advanced to his third semifinals of the season will take on eighth-seeded Alexis Galarneau of Canada who stopped the good run of last year’s winner Valentin Vacherot of Monaco 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) in a match lasting 2 hours and 15 minutes
Unseeded Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan kept his cool and form to upset fifth-seeded Ugo Blanchet of France 6-0, 6-2 in just under an hour. He will take on Czech Republic’s Dalibor Svrcina who ended the run of qualifier Ilia Simakin 6-1, 6-3 in the other quarterfinals.
Results: Main Draw: Quarterfinal Round:
[6] Brandon Holt (USA) bt [1] Billy Harris (GBR) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4;
Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB) bt [5] Ugo Blanchet (FRA) 6-0, 6-2;
[8] Alexis Galarneau (CAN) bt Valentin Vacherot (MON) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3);
Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) bt [Q] Ilia Simakin 6-1, 6-3;
Doubles: Quarterfinal Round:
[1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) /Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) / Courtney John Lock (ZIM) 7-6 (5), 6-3
[2] Blake Bayldon (AUS) / Matthew Christopher Romios (AUS) bt Jay Clarke(GBR) /Jurij Rodionov(AUT) 6-3, 3-6, 10-5. (ANI)
(The story has come from a syndicated feed and has not been edited by the Tribune Staff.)
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Updated – February 21, 2025 07:41 pm IST – NEW DELHI
Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan made the doubles final in the Challenger tennis tournament in Pune on Friday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Alexis Galarneau of Canada edged out the defending champion Valentin Vacherot of Monaco 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(3) in the quarterfinals of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis tournament at the Balewadi Stadium on Friday.
In the semifinals, Galarneau will play Brandon Holt of USA who knocked out the top seed and finalist of the last tournament in Delhi, Billy Harris in three sets.
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Indian pairs progressed to the doubles quarterfinals, while eighth seeded Alexis Galrneau of Canada, unseeded players Valentin Vacherot of Monaco and Czech Republic’s Dalibor Svrcina progressed to the singles quarterfinals at the Maha Open ATP Challenger 100 Men’s Tennis Championship being held at the Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Stadium.
In the singles second round eighth seeded Alexis Galarneau of Canada stopped Wildcard Michael Geerts of Belgium 6-4, 6-4, the winner of the last edition of the event Valentin Vacherot of Monaco ended the run of Japanese qualifier Masamichi Imamura 6-2, 6-3 in just over an hour to enter the last eight stage.
Czech Republic’s Dalibor Svrcina rallied past Jurij Rodionov of Austria, winning 6-4, 7-5. Meanwhile, qualifier Ilia Simakin of Russia proved too strong for Australia’s James McCabe, prevailing 6-2, 6-4 to make it to the quarterfinals.
In doubles, top seeded Indian pair of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth came back from 3-5 down to get past the Danish pair of August Holmgren and Elmer Moller 6-3, 7-6 (7) to enter the quarterfinals. They will take on another Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan, who registered a 6-0, 6-4 win over the Belgian duo of Michael Geerts and Britian’s Billy Harris 6-0, 6-4.
Finalist of the last week in Delhi, Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha and Zimbabwe’s Courtney John Lock combined well to get past Canadians Alexis Galarneau and Kelsey Stevenson, winning 6-4, 7-6(1) to make the quarterfinals.
However, other Indians in action including wildcards Siddhant Banthia, Parikshit Somani, Karan Singh and Nitin Kumar Sinha fell short. In an upset in the doubles Russians Petr Bar Biryukov and Ilia Simakin upset third seeds Aniruddha Chandrashekar and Taipei’s Ray Ho, pulling off a 7-6 (3), 6 (5)-7, 10-4 win.
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