Saketh Myneni had a memorable day as he shocked the third seed in singles and the top seeds in doubles in the company of Vijay Sundar Prashanth in the $75,000 Challenger tennis on Tuesday.
Saketh pipped third seed Norbert Gombos of Slovakia 7-5, 7-6(5) before teaming up with Sundar Prasanth to shock No. 1 seeds Ruan Roelofse of South Africa and Luke Saville of Australia 10-6 in the super tie-break.
In the $2,146,815 ATP 500 event in Washington, qualifier Divij Sharan and his Kiwi partner Artem Sitak edged out wild card entrants Leander Paes and Jamie Cerretani 7-6(2), 3-6, [10-7] in the first round. In the concurrently held $250,000 WTA event in Washington, Prarthana Thombare and Harriet Dart of Great Britain lost 7-6(3), 7-5 to the fourth seeds Alexa Guarachi (Chile) and Erin Routliffe (New Zealand) in the pre-quarterfinals.
In the ATP event in Mexico, qualifier Prajnesh Gunneswaran lost 6-2, 6-2 to Cameron Norrie of Great Britain. In the doubles pre-quarterfinals, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Austin Krajicek (USA) defeated Purav Raja and Jacksown Withrow (USA) 7-5, 6-3.
The results: $2,146,815 ATP, Washington, USA: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Artem Sitak (NZ) & Divij Sharan bt Jamie Cerretani (USA) & Leander Paes 7-6(2), 3-6, [10-7].
$808,770 ATP, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico: First round: Cameron Norrie (GBr) bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-2, 6-2. Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Austin Krajicek (USA) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Jackson Withrow (USA) & Purav Raja 7-5, 6-3.
$250,000 WTA, Washington, USA: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Alexa Guarachi (Chi) & Erin Routliffe (NZ) bt Harriet Dart (GBr) & Prarthana Thombare 7-6(3), 7-5.
$75,000 Challenger men, Lexington, USA: First round: Saketh Myneni bt Norbert Gombos (Svk) 7-5, 7-6(5). Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Saketh Myneni & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Ruan Roelofse (RSA) & Luka Saville (Aus) 7-6(5), 2-6, [10-6].
$15,000 ITF men, Jakarta, Indonesia: First round: Hady Habib (Lbn) bt Kunal Anand 7-6(3), 7-6(2); Mohit Mayur bt Mustafa Ibraimi (Aus) 6-3, 6-1.
