Going into the ATP Bengaluru Challenger a few weeks, not a lot of people would have heard the name of Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam. Two days into the tournament, and people were discussing how to pronounce his surname “Shanmugam”. Good progress, eh? The off-court hype was a result of the flamboyance that this lad from Chennai …
In his last professional tournament in India, Leander Paes, partnering with Aussie Matt Ebden, made it to the semi-final of the ATP Bengaluru Challenger, beating the Swedish/Indonesian pairing of Goransson and Rungkat 7-5 0-6 10-7. Goransson/Rungkat had won the doubles title at the ATP 250 Tata Open Maharashtra last week. Leander’s last year on tour …
7th seed and India No. 1, Prajnesh Gunneswaran, made things tough for himself after being a set and a break up, but managed to hold on for a 6-2 4-6 6-4 win against Germany’s Sebastian Fanselow in the 2nd round of the ATP Bengaluru Challenger. When Prajnesh played Fanselow the last time here in 2018, …
Local Bengaluru boy Adil Kalyanpur is raring to go at his home ATP Challenger event in Bengaluru, where he has gotten a wildcard in both the singles and doubles competition. In this chat, Adil talks about his preparations for the big ATP Challenger, his time at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca, experiences with Rafa …
Bengaluru, Feb 8: India’s top ranked players defending champion Prajnesh Gunneswaran and 2017 winner Sumit Nagal will have an easy outing as they earned a bye in their respective opening matches at the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger that kicks off on Monday. Prajnesh is seeded 7th while Sumit is seeded 8th, at the draw ceremony held just …
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Bengaluru, 6th February 2020 : The Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger could not have got a bigger boost than the participation of virtually the God of Indian Tennis – Leander Paes who is in his swan song this year, ending a decorated career spanning 30 years and has been instrumental in putting India on the global tennis …
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Pune, February 4: Legendary Leander Paes marked his arrival at the third edition of Tata Open Mahrashtra with a thumping 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) win over compatriot Divij Sharan in the doubles opening round match at Mhalunge Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Tuesday. Playing alongside Australian partner Matthew Ebden, eight-time doubles Grand Slam Champion Paes, who is …
Pune, February 4: India No. 1 Prajnesh Gunneswaran stamped his authority at home with a sensational straight sets victory against Germany’s Yannick Maden in the singles opening round match at the third edition of Tata Open Maharashtra at Mhalunge Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Tuesday. The Indian star Gunneswaran held his nerves throughout the match as …
Pune, February 3: Indian stars Sumit Nagal & Ramkumar Ramanathan put up strong performances against Serbian ace Vicktor Troicki and Italian Salvatore Caruso, respectively, before going down in their singles opening round matches at the third edition of Tata Open Maharashtra at Mhalunge Balewadi Stadium here today. India No. 2 Nagal, who took a set away …
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Third edition of the Maharashtra Open will see highest prize money in the history of tournament
