Tennis
Indian Tennis Duo Bollipalli and Kadhe Advance to Challenger Semifinals
Top-seeded Indian tennis duo Rithvik Bollipalli and Arjun Kadhe advanced to the semifinals of the $133,250 Challenger tournament in Nonthaburi, Thailand, on Thursday. The pair defeated Gabriel Diallo of Canada and Seita Watanabe of Japan 7-6(3), 7-6(5) in a hard-fought doubles quarterfinal.Bollipalli and Kadhe displayed their resilience and determination throughout the match. In the first set, they faced a tough challenge from their opponents, who pushed them to a tiebreaker. However, the Indian duo remained composed and secured the set with a 7-3 victory in the tiebreaker.The second set was equally competitive, with both teams trading blows. Once again, the match went into a tiebreaker, where Bollipalli and Kadhe showcased their superior skills and closed out the set 7-5.Their victory sets up a semifinal clash against Toshihide Matsui of Japan and Ramkumar Ramanathan, who defeated Alejandro Moro Canas of Spain and Marco Trungelliti of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 in the other quarterfinal.In other results from the tournament, Max Houkes of the Netherlands defeated Siddhant Banthia of India 6-2, 6-0 in the singles pre-quarterfinals. Adil Kalyanpur overcame Bharath Kumaran 4-6, 7-5, 6-2, while Karan Singh edged out Denis Spiridon of Italy 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 6-4.In the doubles quarterfinals, Siddhant Banthia and Sai Karteek Reddy defeated Guy Iradukunda of Burundi and Mohamed Safwat of Egypt 6-3, 6-4. Aryan Lakshmanan and Roland Stuurman of the Netherlands beat Nikita Ianin and Grigoriy Lomakin of Kazakhstan 7-6(3), 7-6(5).
