Chennai Open ATP Challenger Tour Feb 06, 2025 – PRESS RELEASE

Indian duos Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan/ Vijay Sundar Prashanth, the second seeds, and defending champions Ramkumar Ramanathan/ Saketh Myneni, the third seeds, moved one step closer to a final showdown at the Chennai Open ATP Challenger on Thursday. 

Nedunchezhiyan/ Prashanth had a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 win in just over an hour against Zimbabwe’s Courtney John Lock and Japan’s Rio Noguchi. Ramanathan/ Myneni, who won the title last year, also had a smooth ride into the last four with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Egor Agafonov / Evgenii Tiurnev. If the Indian duos win their semi-final matches tomorrow, they will face off for the title on Saturday. 

Nedunchezhiyan/ Prashanth will take on the unseeded Japanese pairing of Shintaro Mochizuki/ Kaito Uesugi, who upset fourth seeds Francis Casey Alcantara and Pruchya Isaro 7-5, 6-4. Ramanathan/ Myneni will meet top seeds Ray Ho / Matthew Christopher Romios, who battled past another all-Indian pairing, Siddhant Banthia/ Parikshit Somani to win 7-6, 7-6 in a match that featured no breaks of serve. 

In the singles draw, top seed Billy Harris secured his spot in the quarter-finals with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over Turky’s Ergu Kirkin. However, second seed Lloyd Harris and fourth seed Alexis Galarneau were both knocked out of the tournament. 

Harris, a former US Open quarter-finalist, was dismissed 6-1, 6-1 by Czech Dalibor Svrcina, who put on a commanding display from the baseline, while Galarneau also went down in straight sets 6-2, 6-2 to France’s Kyrian Jacquet. 

Former Australian Open semi-finalist Aslan Karatsev also exited the tournament in the second round stage as he went down 6-4, 7-5 to Kazakhstan’s Timofey Skatov. Fifth seed Shintaro Mochizuki and unseeded Ukrainian Oleksandr Ovcharenko also booked their spots in the last eight of the tournament. 

Friday will see quarter-final action in the singles draw as well as semi-final action in the doubles draw. 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. 

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 

Thursday February 6, 2025; 

Singles Main Draw Second Round: 

[1] Billy Harris (GBR) def. Ergi Kirkin (TUR) 6-3, 6-3 

Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) def. [2] Lloyd Harris (RSA) 6-1, 6-1 

Kyrian Jacquet (FRA) def. [4] Alexis Galarneau (CAN) 6-2, 6-2 

[5] Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) def. Michael Geerts (BEL) 6-4, 6-4 

Timofey Skatov (KAZ) def. Aslan Karatsev 6-4, 7-5 

Oleksandr Ovcharenko (UKR) def. Alexey Zakharov 0-6, 7-6, 6-4 

Doubles Main Draw Quarter Finals: 

[1] Ray Ho (TPE) / Matthew Christopher Romios (AUS) def. Siddhant Banthia (IND)/ Parikshit Somani (IND) 7-6, 7-6 

[2] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) / Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) def. Courtney John Lock (ZIM) / Rio Noguchi (JPN) 6-2, 6-2 

[3] Saketh Myneni (IND) / Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) def. [Alt] Egor Agafonov / Evgenii Tiurnev 6-3, 6-4 

Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) / Kaito Uesugi (JPN) def. [4] Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI) / Pruchya Isaro (THA) 7-5, 6-4