Aryan Shah in quarterfinals in Chile
In the €91,250 Challenger in Skopje, North Macedonia,, Rithvik Bollipalli and Vijay Sundar Prashanth scored a thrilling 6-7(4), 7-5, [10-8] victory over Neil Oberleitner and David Pichler in the doubles quarterfinals. Sriram Balaji also made the doubles semifinals with MIguel Reyes-Varela.
The results: €91,250 Challenger, Skopje, North Macedonia: Doubles (quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Miguel Reyes-Varela (Mex) bt Alexander Donski (Bul) & Sergio Gornes (Esp) 7-6(9), 7-5; Rithvik Bollipalli & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Neil Oberleitner & David Pichler (Aut) 6-7(4), 7-5, [10-8].
$60,000 Challenger, Tbilisi, Georgia: Doubles (quarterfinals): Siddhant Banthia & Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Aleksandre Bakshi & Sergey Betov (Geo) 6-2, 3-6, [10-6].
$30,000 ITF men, Coquimbo, Chile: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Aryan Shah bt Thiago Cigarran (Arg) 6-1, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF men, Tashkent, Uzbekistan: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Karan Singh bt Damir Abdusamadov (Uzb) 6-7(6), 7-5, 6-2; Kriish Tyagi bt Aristarkh Safonov 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Aleksandr Lobanov bt Atharva Sharma 6-2, 6-1; First round: Karan bt Amir Milushev (Uzb) 7-6(3), 7-5; Kriish bt Adam Farag-Cao (Can) 7-6(5), 6-4.
Doubles (quarterfinal): Ishaque Eqbal & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Alexey Aleshchev & Ivan Zaytsev 6-1, 7-5; Aleksandr Lobanov & Karan Singh bt Maan Kesharwani & Atharva Sharma 5-7, 6-3, [10-7].
$30,000 ITF women, Andong, Korea: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Janice Tjen (Ina) bt Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-2, 6-0.
Doubles (quarterfinals): BoYoung Jeong (Kor) & Janice Tjen (Ina) bt Rutuja Bhosale & Sohyun Park (Kor) 7-6(3), 7-5.
$30,000 ITF women, Orlando, USA: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Riya Bhatia & Elena-Teodora Cadar (Rou) bt Claire An & Monika Ekstrand (USA) 6-4, 6-4.
$30,000 ITF women, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Singles (second round): Ana Grubor (Can) bt Prathyusha Rachapudi 6-1, 6-4; Sara Dols (Esp) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinal): Haruna Arakawa (Jpn) & Mary Lewis (USA) bt Saumya Vig & Camilla Zanolini (Ita) 6-0, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Tsaghkadzor, Armenia: Doubles (quarterfinals): Aliine Yuneva & Valeriya Yushchenko bt Akanksha Nitture & Soha Sadiq 6-2, 6-4.
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