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TENNIS
Sumit Nagal goes down to Federico Gaio in Verona
The champion of last week, Sumit Nagal was beaten 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2 by Federico Gaio in the first round of the €118,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Verona, Italy, on Wednesday.
The results:
€118,000 Challenger, Verona, Italy: Singles (first round): Federico Gaio (Ita) bt Sumit Nagal 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2.
$40,000 Challenger, Astana, Kazakhstan: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): SD Prajwal Dev & Niki Poonacha bt Arslanbek Aitkkulov & Islam Orynbasar (Kaz) 6-1, 6-4.
€ 118,000 Challenger, Segovia, Spain: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Miguel Damas & John Echeverria (Esp) bt Rithvik Bollipalli & Arjun Kadhe 7-6(8), 4-6, [10-7].
$25,000 ITF men, Brazzaville, Congo: Singles (first round): Liova Ajavon (Tog) bt Chirag Duhan 6-2, 6-1; Alexander Stater (USA) bt Anurag Agarwal 6-0, 6-2; Rishab Agarwal bt Atharva Sharma 6-1, 7-5. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Tauheed Browning (USA) & Brandon Perez (Ven) bt Aayush Bhat (USA) & Arjun Mahadevan 6-3, 7-5; Guy Iradukunda (Bdi) & Aziz Ouakaa (Tun) bt Chirag Duhan & Sebastian Pino (Ven) 6-2, 6-4; Rishab Agarwal & Ishaque Eqbal bt Anurag Agarwal & Daniil Savelev 6-2, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF men, Caloundra, Australia: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Blake Bayldon & Thomas Fancutt (Aus) bt Nishant Dabas & Ryotaro Matsumura (Jpn) 6-4, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia: Singles (first round): Kody Pearson (Aus) bt Manas Dhamne 7-6(8), 6-1.
$60,000 ITF women, Dallas, USA: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Madison Brengle & Samantha Crawford (USA) bt Robin Anderson (USA) & Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-3, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia: Singles (first round): Zeel Desai bt Amira Badawi (Egy) 6-0, 6-1.
- Kamesh Srinivasan
Akshat beats Jatin in AITA Super Series
Akshat Dhull beat fourth seed Jatin Nain 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the under-18 boys quarterfinals of the AITA Super Series junior tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Wednesday.
The results (quarterfinals):
Under-18 boys: Aditya Chauhan bt Vansh Bisht 6-1, 6-0; Shanker Heisnam bt Anirudh Sangra 6-3, 6-2; Akshat Dhull bt Jatin Nain 2-6, 6-1, 6-2; Arjun Rathi bt Bhicky Segolshem 6-3, 6-4.
Under-18 girls: Divya Sharma bt Tamanna Walia 7-5, 6-3; Isheeta Midha bt Bhumi Kakkar 6-2, 6-4; Sherry Sharma bt Ananya Dhankhar 3-6, 6-0, 6-3; Rubani Kaur Sidhu bt Vanya Arora 6-2, 7-5.
- Kamesh Srinivasan