Kobe Challenger Tennis: Jeevan in quarterfinals

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in partnership with Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia made the doubles quarterfinals of the Challenger tennis tournament in Kobe, Japan.

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and his partner made the quarterfinals of the Challenger tennis tournament in Kobe, Japan. (file picture)

Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan in partnership with Christopher Rungkat of Indonesia made the doubles quarterfinals with a 7-6(5), 6-3 victory over Tatsuma Ito and Yusuke Takahashi of Japan in the $50,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Kobe, Japan on Monday.

The results:

$50,000 Challenger men, Kobe, Japan
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Christopher Rungkat (Ina) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Tatsuma Ito & Yusuke Takahashi (Jpn) 7-6(5), 6-3.

$15,000 ITF men, Meshref, Kuwait

Singles (first round): Mats Rosenkranz (Ger) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar 6-0, 7-5.

Qualifying singles (second and final round): Anirudh Chandrasekar bt Naru Shirafuji (Jpn) 4-6, 6-0, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF men, Thu Dau Mot City, Vietnam

Qualifying singles (third and final round): Vasko Mladenov (Bul) bt Vasisht Cheruku 6-4, 7-6(2); Mirko Martinez (Sui) bt SD Prajwal Dev
6-0, 6-3.

$100,000 ITF women, Shenzhen, China

Qualifying singles (first round): Shou Na Mu (Chn) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 7-5, 5-7, 6-2.

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

 Qualifying singles (second round): Isha Budwal bt Jiahuan He (Chn) 6-3, 6-4; Diana Shevchenko (Rus) bt Avika Sagwal 6-3, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF women, Vinaros, Spain

Qualifying singles (second round): Snehadevi Reddy bt Ruxandra Schech (Ger) 6-2, 6-2.