Chennai Open ATP Challenger Tour Feb 03, 2025 – PRESS RELEASE
Italy’s Jacopo Berrettini, the younger brother of former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini, caused the first big upset in the main draw of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger with a straight sets win over sixth seed Sho Shimabukuro. Meanwhile, the four Indians in action on Monday failed to win their final round in the qualifying draw against higher-ranked opposition.
Berrettini, ranked No. 324 in the world, won 6-3, 7-6 against Shimabukuro in the first main draw match of the tournament. In the only other main draw match held today, fifth seed Shintaro Mochizuki, of Japan, defeated Italy’s Enrico Dalla Valle 6-2, 6-1 to move into the last 16.
In the qualifying draw, all four Indians who won their matches on Sunday failed to repeat their success in the final round of qualifying. 21-year-old Chirag Duhan battled hard before falling in a third set tiebreak to seventh seed Yurii Dzhavakian 4-6, 6-1, 7-6. Dev Javia also went to three sets against Egor Agafonov before going down 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Second seed Kimmer Coppejans, fourth seed Hynek Barton, fifth seed Eric Vanshelboim and 11th seed Maxim Zhukov joined Dzhavakian and Agafonov as qualifiers in the main draw.
The main draw matches will continue at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday with three Indians – Ramkumar Ramanathan, Mukund Sasikumar and Karan Singh – playing their first round matches. The tournament’s top two seeds, Great Britain’s Billy Harris, ranked No 129 in the world, and South African Lloyd Harris, ranked No 142, will also begin their singles campaign on Tuesday.
The Chennai Open ATP Challenger is being hosted with the support of the Government of Tamil Nadu and The Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu. The sponsors include Coromandel International (Platinum), Indian Overseas Bank (Gold Plus), Kauvery Hospitals (Medical Partner) Lancor Group (Silver). The Park Hotels is the Hospitality Partner, ACT Fibernet is the Fibernet Partner, and is the PR partner Red Consulting.
The Chennai Open is the first in a series of ATP Challenger events to be held in India. The tournaments to follow are scheduled to be held at Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru. Entry for spectators is free and to make the event more fan-friendly, organizers have scheduled some matches under flood lights as well.
The Doubles finals will be played on Saturday February 8, 2025 while the singles final has been scheduled for Sunday February 9, 2025. The tournament is looking forward to the participation of the tennis fans from all over Chennai.
Chennai Open ATP Challenger Results
Monday February 3, 2025;
Singles Main Draw First Round:
[5] Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) def. Enrico Dalla Valle (ITA) 6-2, 6-1
Jacopo Berrettini (ITA) def. (6) Sho Shimabukuro (JPN) 6-3, 7-6
Final Round of Singles Qualifying
[11] Maxim Zhukov def. [1] Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg (FRA) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
[2] Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) def. Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND) 6-1, 6-0
[4] Hynek Barton (CZE) def. [9] Olaf Pieczkowski (POL) 6-3, 6-3
[5] Eric Vanshelboim (UKR) def. [Alt] Manish Sureshkumar (IND) 6-2, 6-3
[6] Egor Agafonov def. [10] Dev Javia (IND) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
[7] Yurii Dzhavakian (UKR) def. Chirag Duhan (IND) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6