Nanchang (China): Prajnesh Gunneswaran knocked out eighth seed Alex Bolt of Australia in straight sets to set up a quarterfinal clash against third seed Quentin Halys of France in the $50,000 Challenger tennis tournament.
Ramkumar Ramanathan also cruised into the quarterfinals and will play Aleksandr Nedovyesov of Kazakhstan.
In the ITF women’s circuit, Sai Samhitha defeated Jelena Stojanovic of Australia to make the quarterfinals in Egypt while Pranjala Yadlapalli subdued Vitalia Stamat in three sets to make the semifinals in Kazakhstan.
The results:
$100,000 Challenger, Sarasota, USA: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Luke Bambridge & Jonny O’Mara (GBR) bt Andrea Arnaboldi (Ita) & Sathi Reddy Chirala 6-2, 6-1.
$50,000 Challenger, Nanchang, China: Pre-quarterfinals: Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Vaclav Safranek (Cze) 7-5, 6-1; Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Alex Bolt (Aus) 7-6(5), 6-1.
$25,000 ITF men, Abuja, Nigeria: Doubles (quarterfinals): Aryan Goveas & Karunuday Singh bt Takanyi Garanganga (Zim) & Joseph Imeh Ubonn (Ngr) 6-4, 6-3.
$25,000 ITF men, Bukhara, Uzbekistan: Doubles (quarterfinals): Alexander Pavlioutchenkov & Evgeny Tyurnev (Rus) bt Shahbaaz Khan & Sidharth Rawat 6-4, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt: Pre-quarterfinals: Sai Samhitha bt Jelena Stojanovic (Aus) 6-3, 6-3; Irina Fetecau (Rou) bt Kanika Vaidya 6-3, 6-2; Doubles (quarterfinals): Melanie Klaffner (Aut) & Anna Morgina (Rus) bt Sai Samhitha & Nidhi Chilumula 6-4, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Shymkent, Kazakhstan: Quarterfinals: Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Vitalia Stamat (Mda) 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Doubles (semifinals): Dariya Detkovskaya & Zhibek Kulambayeva (Kaz) bt Valeriya Pogrebnyak (Rus) & Pranjala 6-4, 6-3.
