Chennai, February 5, 2025: It was a good day for the Indians doubles team at the Chennai Open ATP Challenger with second seeds Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/ Vijay Sundar Prashanth and defending champions Ramkumar Ramanathan/ Saketh Myneni advancing to the quarter-finals.
Nedunchezhiyan/ Prashanth, who won the ATP Hangzhou Open last September, came back from the brink of defeat to overcome the wildcard pairing of Chirag Duhan / Dev Javia. After the pair split the first two sets with some exciting exchanges at the net, Duhan/ Javia built a 9-5 lead in the deciding match tiebreak and held five matchpoints. But Nedunchezhiyan/ Prashanth used all their experience to save all five and eventually emerge 6-3, 3-6, 13-11 winners.
Ramanathan/ Myneni, who are seeded third in the doubles draw, had a much smoother ride into the last eight with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Kimmer Coppejans/ Ergi Kirkin.
In the singles draw, Sweden’s Elias Ymer booked his spot in the quarter-finals with a 7-5, 7-6 win over Great Britain’s Jay Clarke in a match that lasted nearly two and a half hours. Japan’s Rio Noguchi also secured his berth in the last eight with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Italy’s Jacopo Berrettini, the younger brother of former Wimbledon runner-up Matteo Berrettini.
The three remaining first round singles matches were also completed on Wednesday with fourth seeded Alexis Galarneau and Turkey’s Ergi Kirkin moving into the round of 16. However, eighth seed Zsombor Piros was knocked out by Ukraine’s Oleksandr Ovcharenko 7-6, 6-4.
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
Wednesday February 5, 2025;
Singles Main Draw First Round:
[4] Alexis Galarneau (CAN) def. [Q] Egor Agafonov 6-4, 6-1
Ergi Kirkin (TUR) def. Jiri Vesely (CZE) 6-7, 7-6 (retd.)
Oleksandr Ovcharenko (UKR) def. [8] Zsombor Piros (HUN) 7-6, 6-4
Singles Main Draw Second Round:
Elias Ymer (SWE) def. Jay Clarke (GBR) 7-5, 7-6
Rio Noguchi (JPN) def. Jacopo Berrettini (ITA) 7-5, 6-3
Doubles Main Draw First Round:
[1] Ray Ho (TPE) / Matthew Christopher Romios (AUS) def. Alexis Galarneau (CAN) / Kelsey
Stevenson (CAN) 6-2, 6-1
[2] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) / Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) def. [WC] Chirag Duhan (IND)
/ Dev Javia (IND) 6-3, 3-6, 13-11
[3] Saketh Myneni (IND) / Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) def. Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) / Ergi
Kirkin (TUR) 6-3, 6-1
[4] Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI) / Pruchya Isaro (THA) def. {7] Timofey Skatov / Alexey
Zakharov 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) / Kaito Uesugi (JPN) def. [Alt] Luca Castelnuovo (SUI) / Eric
Vanshelboim (UKR) 6-4, 6-0
[Alt] Egor Agafonov / Evgenii Tiurnev def. Michael Geerts (BEL) / Billy Harris (GBR) 7-6, 4-6, 10-
5
Courtney John Lock (ZIM) / Rio Noguchi (JPN) def. Corentin Denolly (FRA) / Sascha Gueymard
Wayenburg (FRA) 6-3, 7-6