TENNIS
Bhambri-Olivetti pair advances to Hong Kong Open quarterfinal
Yuki Bhambri in partnership with Albano Olivetti of France beat Constantin Frantzen and Hendrik Jebens of Germany 6-3, 5-7, [10-5] in the men’s doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $766,290 ATP tennis tournament in Hong Kong on Monday.
The results:
$766,290 ATP, Hong Kong Men’s Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Albano Olivetti (Fra) bt Constantin Frantzen & Hendrik Jebens (Ger) 6-3, 5-7, [10-5].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Ramanathan only seeded Indian player in ITF men’s tournament in Indore
Second seed Ramkumar Ramanathan is the sole Indian player to be seeded in a strong field in the $25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament to be played at the Indore Tennis Club courts from Tuesday.
With four Challenger tournaments scheduled across the country soon, the ITF men’s events to be played in Bhopal and Chennai, after the event here, would serve as a good preparation for all the players who thrive in the Indian conditions.
The 48-player qualifying draw has been a good field for the Indians to fight with eight foreigners for the qualifying slots.
The seedings:
1. Mathys Erhard (Fra), 2. Ramkumar Ramanathan, 3. Oliver Crawford (GBR), 4. Florent Bax (Fra), 5. Yurii Dzhavakian
(Ukr), 6. Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr), 7. Dominik Palan (Cze), 8. Egor Agafonov.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
