Challenger tennis: Ramkumar bows out

Qualifier Frederico Ferreira Silva of Portugal shocked sixth seed Ramkumar Ramanathan 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(4) in the pre-quarterfinals of the $150,000 Challenger on Thursday.

In doubles, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan cruised into the semifinals along with Austin Krajicek, but the second seeds Sriram Balaji and Vishnu Vardhan went down in straight sets.

In the $1,241,850 ATP Tour event in St. Petersburg, Leander Paes and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela of Mexico knocked out the top seeds Dominic Inglot and Franko Skugor 7-6(5), 7-6(5).

In the ITF women’s event in Anning, Sowjanya Bavisetti stunned the second seed Ziyue Sun of China 7-5 (retired) to make the semifinals. She also paired with Dan Ni Wang of China to reach the doubles final.

Other results: $150,000 Challenger, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei: Doubles: First round: Austin Krajicek (USA) & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Bradley Mousley (Au) & Hsien-Yin Peng (Tpe) 6-3, 6-4; Cheng-Peng Hsieh & Tsung-Hua Yang (Tpe) bt Sriram Balaji & Vishnu Vardhan 7-6(3), 6-4.

€43,000 Challenger, Biella, Italy: Doubles: Quarterfinals: Rameez Junaid (Aus) & Purav Raja bt Alessandro Motti & Julian Ocleppo (Ita) 2-6, 6-2, [10-6].

$15,000 ITF men, Cairo: Second round: Jordan Correia (Bra) bt Anirudh Chandrasekar 7-6(2), 6-1; Filip Duda (Cze) bt Jayesh Pungliya 2-6, 6-0, 6-3; Rimpei Kawakami (Jpn) bt Aryan Goveas 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles: Quarterfinals: Tarun Anirudh & P.C. Vignesh bt Ivan Krivic & Neven Krivokuca (Cro) 3-0, retd.; Alexander Ovcharov (Rus) & Jayesh Pungliya bt Anirudh Chandrasekar & Aryan Goveas 7-6(5), 6-2.

$25,000 ITF women, Cairns, Australia: Second round: Kaylah Mcphee (Aus) bt Rutuja Bhosale 4-6, 6-4, 6-4.

$15,000 ITF women, Anning, China: Quarterfinals: Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Ziyue Sun (Chn) 7-5 retd.

Doubles: Semifinals: Dan Ni Wang (Chn) & Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Jiaxi Lu & Qiangian Zhao (Chn) 6-4, 7-6(4).

$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia: Second round: Bhuvana Kalva bt Fiona Codino (Fra) 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles: First round: Helena Jansen Figueras (GBR) & Bhuvana bt Diana Chehoudi (Ned) & Dami Edibson Messiah (Esp) 6-2, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF women, Antalya, Turkey: Second round: Daria Nazarkina (Rus) bt Niditra Rajmohan 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles: Quarterfinals: Daria Nazarkina (Rus) & Anastasiya Poplavska (Ukr) bt Sarina Kang (Aus) & Sonashe Bhatnagar 6-2, 6-2.