In the €73,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Madrid, Sriram Balaji and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan won 7-6(6), 6-4 against Evgeny Karlovskiy and Alexander Shevchenko to reach the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth received a walkover in the doubles semifinals at the Challenger tournament in Split, Croatia.
Results:
€73,000 Challenger, Madrid: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sriram Balaji & Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Evgeny Karlovskiy & Alexander Shevchenko 7-6(6), 6-4.
€73,000 Challenger, Split, Croatia: Doubles (quarterfinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth w/o Diego Hidalgo (Ecu) & Cristian Rodriguez (Col).
$25,000 ITF men, Sharm El Sheikh: First round: Samuel Vincent Ruggeri (Ita) defeated Mukund Sasikumar 6-4, 6-4.
$25,000 ITF women, Bujumbura, Burundi: Pre-quarterfinals: Tiffany William (GBR) defeated Smriti Bhasin 6-3, 6-1; Doubles (quarterfinals): Ksenia Laskutova & Fanny Ostlund (Swe) beat Sravya Shivani & Tiffany William (GBR) 6-4, 6-2.