Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni in ATP quarterfinals
The Hindu
Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni beat Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 7-6(4), 3-6, [10-8] in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €630,705 ATP tennis tournament in Lyon, France.
Yuki Bhambri and Saketh Myneni beat Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 7-6(4), 3-6, [10-8] in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the €630,705 ATP tennis tournament in Lyon, France.
The Indian pair will play third seeds Nicolas Mahut and Matwe Middelkoop in the quarterfinals.
In the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis event in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Dev Javia beat third seed Kris Van Wyk of South Africa 3-6, 7-5, 7-5.
The results:
€630,705 ATP, Lyon, France
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Yuki Bhambri & Saketh Myneni bt Juan Sebastian Cabal & Robert Farah (Col) 7-6(4), 3-6, [10-8].
€ 73,000 Challenger, Skopje, Macedonia
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.