Tennis

Indian tennis duo Rithvik Bollipalli and Arjun Kadhe secured a hard-fought 6-4, 6-4 victory over David Pel and Bart Stevens of the Netherlands in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $133,250 Challenger tournament in Shanghai, China. The win propelled them into the last eight of the competition.In the women's $25,000 ITF event in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, Vaidehi Chaudhari cruised past Vaishnavi Adkar, dropping only three games in the first round. Her dominant performance sets her up for a promising run in the tournament.Meanwhile, in the $133,250 Challenger in Shanghai, Siddhant Banthia and Bruno Navarro of Spain defeated Fabien Salle of France and Adria Barrera of Colombia 6-4, 6-4 in the doubles pre-quarterfinals.The $82,000 Challenger in Istanbul, Turkey, witnessed several exciting doubles matches. Michael Geerts of Belgium and Divij Sharan of India overcame Cezar Cretu and Bogdan Pavel of Romania 6-4, 6-7(6), [10-5]. Egor Agafonov and Ilia Simakin of Russia cruised past Joshua Paris of Great Britain and Ramkumar Ramanathan of India 6-1, 6-2.In the $25,000 ITF men's event in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, S Mukund, Dheeraj Srinivasan, and Xu Weitao of China all secured first-round victories.The $15,000 ITF men's tournament in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, saw Sidharth Rawat, Vishnu Vardhan, and Seydina Andre advance to the second round. In the doubles pre-quarterfinals, Dev Javia and Rishi Reddy of India defeated Daniil Golubev and EVgenii Tiurnev 6-2, 7-6(4).The $25,000 ITF women's event in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, featured a thrilling doubles pre-quarterfinal match where Margaux Maquet of Belgium and Maria Vaquero of Spain edged out Maria Gonzalez of Colombia and Sahaja Yamalapalli 3-6, 6-2, [10-7].In the $25,000 ITF women's tournament in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, Vaidehi Chaudhari continued her impressive form with a 6-2, 6-1 victory over Vaishnavi Adkar in the first round.The $15,000 ITF women's event in Monastir, Tunisia, saw Zeel Desai and Zou Ruirui of China secure first-round wins.