Challenger tennis: Mixed day for Kadhe

Arjun Kadhe was beaten 6-2, 6-4 by qualifier Miliaan Niesten of the Netherlands in the first round of the $125,000 Challenger on Tuesday.

However, Arjun managed to cruise into the doubles quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-4 victory in partnership with Hiroki Moriya of Japan.

The results:

$125,000 Challenger men, Chengdu, China: First round: Miliaan Niesten (Ned) bt Arjun Kadhe 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Hiroki Moriya (Jpn) & Arjun Kadhe bt Alexander Bublik (Kaz) & Alexander Pavlioutchenkov (Rus) 6-1, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF men, Jakarta, Indonesia: First round: Aaron Schmid (Sui) bt Jayesh Pungliya 7-6(16), 6-2; Aryan Goveas bt Hao Yuan Ng (Sgp) 6-2, 7-5.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): S.D. Prajwal Dev & Mohit Mayur bt Kunal Anand & Anvit Bendre 2-6, 7-5, [10-1]; Courtney John Lock (Zim) & Aryan Goveas bt Lance-Pierre Du Toit (RSA) & Jayesh Pungliya 7-5, 6-4.