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Anirudh-David triumph to claim Doubles Title

Anirudh-David triumph to claim Doubles Title

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The unseeded pair of Anirudh Chandrasekar and David Hernandez of Spain on Sunday lifted the men’s doubles €141,250 Challenger tennis tournament in Girona, Spain. Anirudh and his Spanish partner upset the top-seeded pair of Grégoire Jacq of France and Orlando Luz of Brazil 6-4, 6-4 in the final. The 26-year-old Anirudh, who won the Bengaluru Challenger earlier in the season, lifted his twelfth career doubles title, and it was the 43rd doubles career title for his partner, David. The Indo-Spanish pair lost their serve in just the second game of the opening set to trail 0-3. They soon recovered and broke back in the fifth and seventh games to claim the first set 6-4. In the second set, both teams played with caution without giving any openings. It was in the fifth game that Anirudh and David gained the advantage of four break points. They sealed the match in an hour and 27 minutes. Earlier in the tournament, they beat the Indian pair of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-3, 6-4 in the first …

3 titles in 24 hours – Indian tennis doubles players go on a rampage

3 titles in 24 hours – Indian tennis doubles players go on a rampage

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Indian tennis enjoyed a brilliant week in the doubles category as three players of the country won three titles at three different tournaments in different corners of the world on Saturday. India hadn’t won a single ATP tour title on the circuit this season before Saturday. But now India has two titles as Yuki Bhambri won the ATP 500 Dubai Tennis Championships, while Rithvik Bolipalli won the ATP 250 Chile Open. In addition, Anirudh Chandrasekar also won the ATP 125 challenger title at the home event, the Bengaluru Open, making it a much more memorable day for the tennis fans. India’s no.1 doubles player Rohan Bopanna also expressed his happiness on this feat via his social media posts: “Indian tennis players just pulled off an international doubles heist,” Bopanna wrote. Yuki Bhambri – ATP 500 Dubai Open The weekend started with a thrilling final win for India in Dubai as the Indo-Australian pairing of Yuki Bhambri and Alexei Popyrin clinched the doubles title at the Dubai Tennis Championships. The duo secured a thrilling 3-6, 7-6, …

Ramkumar & Myneni begin title defence with a win

Ramkumar & Myneni begin title defence with a win

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Defending doubles champions Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni commenced their 2025 DafaNews Bengaluru Open journey with a straight sets win over Italian pair of Jacopo Berrettini and Enrico Dalla Valle at the KSLTA Courts on Wednesday. Ramkumar and Myneni, the most successful doubles winners in the tournament with three titles each–two of them achieved together–beat their opponents 6-3, 7-6(4) in one hour and 14 minutes to make it to the quarterfinals. Organised by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA), the Bengaluru Open is an ATP Challenger 125 tournament with a prize pool of USD 200,000. It currently holds the distinction of being India’s biggest ATP Tour event. The champion of this hard-court tournament will earn 125 valuable ATP ranking points Aiming to add to their DafaNews Bengaluru Open success, Ramkumar and Myneni stormed to a 4-1 lead after breaking the serve of their rivals in the fourth game. They wrapped up the opening set in under 30 minutes but faced stiff resistance in the second, as Berrettini and Dalla Valle broke the home favourites …

Sriram Balaji and Reyes Varela advance to the next round

Sriram Balaji and Reyes Varela advance to the next round

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N. Balaji and his partner M. Reyes-Varela kept Indian hopes alive in the men’s doubles at the 2025 Australian Open with a commanding 6-4, 6-3 victory over R. Haase and A. Nedovyesov. The Indian-Mexican duo demonstrated strong synergy, securing a spot in the second round after dominating key moments of the match. However, it was a day of early exits for other Indian doubles players. Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan struggled against Orlando Luz and Gregoire Jacq, losing 6-2, 6-1 in a one-sided encounter. Despite their best efforts, they failed to convert any of their five break-point opportunities. On Court 15, Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli and Ryan Seggerman put up a brave fight but were edged out by Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten in a closely contested match 7(7)-6(5), 6-1. Their consistency on serve kept them in the game, but crucial points went against them. Meanwhile, Anirudh Chandrasekar and Karol Drzewiecki exited the tournament after a 7(7)-6(1), 2-6, 7(10)-6(6) defeat to Damir Dzumhur and Petros Tsitsipas on Court 12. The duo struggled to capitalize on …

What it takes to beat the best

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When Sumit Nagal strode out to take on Karen Khachanov, the 18th seed, in the first-round of the 2024 French Open, Indian tennis fans were hopeful. Perhaps an upset was around the corner. After all, in April this year at the famed Monte-Carlo Masters, Nagal had taken a set off Holger Rune, a top-10 player. But with the score-line reading 2-6,0-6 in favour of the Russian, the writing was on the wall. And despite a last ditch effort that saw Nagal push the match to a tie-break in the 3rd set, which the Indian led at one stage at 5-3, he was nudged out. The 18th seed was able to switch gears and up the tempo at will. Simply put, Nagal was outmuscled and outrun. But why do Indian singles players struggle to match the power of those in top-flight tennis? Unmatched physique “We’re not genetically strong,” said Anirudh Chandrasekar, ranked 96 in the ATP doubles rankings, in a conversation with The Bridge. While the Indian doubles professional wasn’t in any way referring to Nagal, …

Anirudh/Prashanth stun second seed, achieve career-best win

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The Indian pair of Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prasanth upset the second-seeded American pair of Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow at ATP Dallas, on Tuesday. This is the biggest win for this pair of Anirudh and Prasanth, who are ranked 90 and 80 respectively, against one of the top pairs of Withrow and Lammons, ranked 21 and 22 respectively. 27-year-old Anirudh has risen up the circuit in the last year and entered the top 100 rankings. He, alongside his experienced partner Prasanth, recently played their first-ever Grand Slam event at the Australian Open last month. The Indian pair wins the match today very smoothly in a straight-set encounter (6-4, 7-6) without dropping any serves throughout the match. They started the match with their serve and went brilliantly from the get-go, holding the first game 40-15. In the second game, they got two break points but could not convert, and the set went into a tiebreaker. However, in the final game of the set, they got three more opportunities to break the serve. They missed …