Tennis Tennis Saketh Myneni goes down blazing against Stepanek Davis Cupper Saketh Myneni went down with guns blazing against former world No.8 Radek Stepanek in the second and final qualifying round of the $4,691,730 Rogers Cup ATP Tour event in Toronto. Team Sportstar 25 July, 2016 21:31 IST Saketh Myneni in action during the Davis Cup. - PTI Team Sportstar 25 July, 2016 21:31 IST Davis Cupper Saketh Myneni went down with guns blazing against former world No.8 Radek Stepanek in the second and final qualifying round of the $4,691,730 Rogers Cup ATP Tour event in Toronto. The 37-year-old Stepanek, who had won the Australian Open and US Open with Leander Paes and was ranked a career-high No.4 in doubles, prevailed 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4 in a battle of wits that lasted two hours and 32 minutes. The 28-year-old Saketh fired 14 aces but had eight doublefaults as well, as against four aces and five doublefaults by the Czech. While Saketh converted three of five breakpoints, Stepanek did one better from eight breakpoints that he forced. For his fine effort in the big league, Saketh collected $3,345 and 16 ATP points. The results: $4,691,730 Rogers Cup ATP Tour, Toronto, Canada Qualifying singles (second and final round): Radek Stepanek (Cze) bt Saketh Myneni 7-6(5), 6-7(5), 6-4. $10,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Qualifying singles (second round): Manish Sureshkumar bt Sagar Ahuja 6-2, 6-0; Gokul Suresh bt Luca Potenza (Ita) 6-4, 6-2. $10,000 ITF men, Telavi, Georgia Qualifying singles (second round): Maciej Nowak (Pol) bt Aditya Deswal 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Gianluca Acquaroli & Filippo BOrella (Ita) bt Francesco Cano (Ita) & Naesar Jewoor 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-5. $10,000 ITF men, Xatvia, Spain Qualifying singles (third and final round): Aitor Sanz Llopis (Esp) bt Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. $10,000 ITF men, Thu DAu Mot City, Vietnam Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Xiao Gong (Chn) & Seong Chan Hong (Kor) bt Zhao-Tai Li (Chn) & Rishab Agarwal 4-6, 6-3, 10-6; Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul & Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (Tha) bt Mohit Mayur & SAsi Kumar 6-7(5), 7-6(7), 10-5; Antoine Escoffier & Jonathan Kanar (Fra) bt Maciej Smola (Pol) & Jatin Dahiya 7-6(5), 6-3. Subscribe to our daily newsletter Get your daily dose of Sportstar with handpicked stories delivered right to your inbox! SUBSCRIBE Please enter a valid email address. Dugout videos