September 14, Indian Sports Wrap

Here are all the major developments from Indian sports on September 14, 2022.

Karman Thandi (in pic) and Rutuja Bhosale got entry into the doubles main draw of the WTA250 Chennai Open. | Photo Credit: PTI

TENNIS

Chennai Open 2022: Rutuja Bhosale, Karman Thandi get entry into doubles main draw

The all-Indian pair of Rutuja Bhosale and Karman Thandi got entry into the doubles main draw of the WTA250 Chennai Open on Wednesday.

Rutuja and Karman got entry as alternates after the withdrawal of Andorran-Argentine duo of V. Jimenez Kasintseva (left hip injury) and Nadiia Podoroska.

Rutuja and Karman will face compatriot Prarthana Thombare and Indonesian Jessy Rompies in the opening round.

- Nihit Sachdeva

Digvijay Pratap Singh through to quarterfinals

Digvijay Pratap Singh beat Pablo Carretero of Spain 6-1, 7-5 to reach the quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Madrid on Wednesday.

In the Challenger in Istanbul, Purav Raja and Divij Sharan beat BerkIlkel and S Mert Ozdemir of Turkey 6-4, 6-4 to reach the doubles quarterfinals.

-Kamesh Srinivasan

The results

$53,120 Challenger, Istanbul, Turkey

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay SundarPrashanth bt Adrian Oetzbach (Ger) & Rishab Agarwal 2-6, 6-2, [10-3]; Purav Raja & Divij Sharan bt Berk Ilkel & S Mert Ozdemir (Tur) 6-4,6-4.

$25,000 ITF men, Madrid, Spain Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Digvijay Pratap Singh bt Pablo Carretero(Esp) 6-1, 7-5.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Dali Blanch (USA) & Illya Maksymchuk(Ukr) bt David Sanchis (Esp) & Digvijay Pratap Singh 6-4, 4-6, [10-7].

$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia

Singles (first round): Bharath Kumaran bt Xiao Linang (Chn) 3-6, 6-3,4-1 (retired).

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta & Parikshit Somani bt Luck Koenig & Andreas Scott (GBR) 6-1, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Singles (first round): Aleksandre Bakshi (Geo) bt Abhinav SanjeevShanmugam 6-1, 6-4.

$25,000 ITF women, Darwin, Australia

Singles (first round): Roopa Bains (Aus) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi6-1, 3-6, 6-2.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Monique Barry (Nzl) & AshmithaEaswaramurthi bt Madison Frahn & Nessa Pratt (Aus) 6-1, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt

Singles (first round): Fang An Lin (Tpe) bt Hritika Sharma 6-0, 6-0;Anjani Maheshkumar bt Anna Borovinskaya (USA) 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-3.