European Challengers 2023

[sanjay8886]

I think Yuki is in DC team, so can’t play this week.

[sameerph]

Yes, Yuki is with DC team this week. So, Saketh chose to be there in Europe and try his hand with different partner this week.

[jayakris]

At the Challenger 100 in Koblenz (Gernany), Hard

[R1] Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) d. Roman Jebavy (CZE)/ Petr Nouza (CZE), 26 63 [10-7]
[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND)/ Daniel Masur (GER) l. Robin Haase (NED)/ Zhizhen Zhang (CHN), 62 46 [8-10]

Balajeevan and Saki matches come up later today

[jayakris]

[R1] (3) N.Sriram Balaji (IND)/Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) l. Fabian Fallert (GER)/ Hendrik Jebens (GER), 61 67(2) [7-10]
[R1] Gijs Brouwer (NED)/ Saketh Myneni (IND) l. (2) Philipp Oswald (AUT)/ Szymon Walkow (POL) 06 57

So only Anirudh-VSP got a win today at Koblenz. Tough loss for Balajeevan

[sameerph]

Yes, after the high of Pune ATP final and Australian open, a bad loss for Balajeevan. Looks like coming down to challenger level did not enthuse them.

Next week, they have got into main draw of Montepellier ATP 250 main draw. Hope they get a win or two there to make it count.

RamK is also in the main draw there along with Philpp Oswald.

[Omkara]

The third set tie break in doubles is always tricky. So no worries. BalaJeevan should move ahead

[sameerph]

Or their opponents are really good. Today they thrashed VSP-Aniruddh in QF.

At the Challenger 100 in Koblenz (Gernany), Hard

[QF] Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l. Fabian Fallert (GER)/ Hendrik Jebens (GER) 16 16

[sameerph]

At Tenerife Challenger 75, Spain (Hard)

[R1] Anirudh Chandrasekar (IND)/ N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) l.(1) Marco Bortolotti (ITA) / Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP) 46 36

At Vilnius Challenger , Lithuania (Hard)

[R1] Purav Raja (IND) /Divij Sharan (IND) d. Tadas Babelis (LTU) / Vilius Gaubas (LTU) 64 36 10-4

[R1] Arjun Kadhe (IND) / Daniel Masur (GER) d. Markos Kalovelonis (GRE) / Kai Wehnelt (GER) 62 62

Next,

[QF] Purav Raja (IND) /Divij Sharan (IND) vs. (2) Romain Arneodo (MON) /Sam Weissborn (AUT)

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND) / Daniel Masur (GER) vs. Karol Drzewiecki (POL) / Szymon Walkow (POL)

[sameerph]

Purav and Divij lost in QF against second seeds but Arjun and his partner upset the 4th seeds in QF.

At Vilnius Challenger , Lithuania (Hard)

[QF] Purav Raja (IND) /Divij Sharan (IND) l. (2) Romain Arneodo (MON) /Sam Weissborn (AUT) 26 67(2)

[QF] Arjun Kadhe (IND) / Daniel Masur (GER) d. (4) Karol Drzewiecki (POL) / Szymon Walkow (POL) 63 76(5)


Next,

[SF] Arjun Kadhe (IND) / Daniel Masur (GER) vs. (2) Romain Arneodo (MON) /Sam Weissborn (AUT)

[sameerph]

Arjun and bis partner upset the second seed too to move into final


At Vilnius Challenger , Lithuania (Hard)

[SF] Arjun Kadhe (IND) / Daniel Masur (GER) d. (2) Romain Arneodo (MON) /Sam Weissborn (AUT) 63 62

[PKBasu]

Arjun Kadhe/Daniel Masur lost the final 06 26 to a Ukrainian/Russian pairing. Surprising scorelines in the SF (in favour) and final (against). Arjun is 139 in the live rankings.

Divij (156) and Purav (152) have chosen to play in the Manama (Bahrain) Challenger rather than in Chennai.

The last time the Manama Challenger was held (2021), the singles title was won by Ramkumar Ramanathan

[jayakris]

^^^ Distant memories, though it was only about 16 months ago. That was the last time RamK did anything good in singles. He was about to drop a lot in the rankings then itself but did that just on time to extend things for a year. Finally those points dropped off late last year and he fell out of top 300 and is struggling to make challenger entries now.

[Dinesh]

Sumit made it to the singles qualifying entry list.
Aisam/Ramkumar, Purav/Divij in the doubles entry list. Perhaps Arjun will find a random partner to sign up on-site?

Tournament will be played on indoor clay.

P.S I have never heard of this city name before and I suppose this is the first time they are organizing a professional tennis event there.

[Omkara]

Wondering why they named themselves whatever that is pronounced as?

[Atithee]

Székesfehérvár, known colloquially as Fehérvár ("white castle"), is a city in central Hungary, and the country's ninth-largest city. It is the regional capital of Central Transdanubia, and the centre of Fejér County and Székesfehérvár District. The area is an important rail and road junction between Lake Balaton and Lake Velence.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sz%C3%A9k ... 9rv%C3%A1r

So, it’s just White Castle in local language with a rich history. There are many cities named like this around the world.