ITF M15,M25- Bhubaneswar, Bhopal,Gwalior- Nov/Dec 2025

[PKBasu]

[R1] 6-Manish Sureshkumar (IND) d. Aditya Balsekar (IND) 26 62 63
[R1] WC-Arnav Paparkar (IND) d. Q-Atharva Sharma (IND) 64 36 63
[R1] Siddhant Banthia (IND) d. Vadim Konovchuk (UKR) 46 76(0) 52 retd
[R1] Q-Arjun Rathi d. WC-Raghav Jaisinghani 63 62

[sameerph]

Full first round results-

SD Prajwal Dev (IND/1) d. Dmitry Bessonov (RUS) 7-6(2) 6-1
Madhwin Kamath (IND) d. Dheeraj Kodancha Srinivasan (IND/Q) 6-3 6-4
Maan Kesharwani (IND) d. Suraj R. Prabodh (IND/Q) 6-0 6-2
Manish Sureshkumar (IND/6) d. Aditya Balsekar (IND) 2-6 6-2 6-3

Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ/3) d. Jeffrey Khushwin (IND/wc) 6-0 6-0
Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND) d. Aryan Lakshmanan (IND/Q) 6-4 6-3
Arjun Rathi (IND/Q) d. Raghav Jaisinghani (IND/wc) 6-3 6-2
Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND/8) d. Ajay Malik (IND) 6-3 7-6(9)

Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND/5) d. Freek Van Donselaar (NED/Q) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-2
Kabir Hans (IND) d. Hitesh Chauhan (IND/Q) 6-4 6-4
Arnav Paparkar (IND/wc) d. Atharva Sharma (IND/Q) 6-4 3-6 6-3
Rohan Mehra (IND) d. Ishaque Eqbal (IND/4) 6-4 2-6 6-3

Udit Kamboj (IND/wc) d. Vishnu Vardhan (IND/7) 6-3 7-6(6)
Jim Hendrikx (NED) d. Parth Aggarwal (IND) 6-3 2-6 6-4
Siddhant Banthia (IND) d. Vadym Konovchuk (UKR) 4-6 7-6(0) 5-2 ret.
Dev Javia (IND/2) d. Sehaj Singh Pawar (IND/Q) 6-4 6-2

Only 2 foreign players left in the draw.

[arjun2761]

So, two of our 18 year olds knocked out in the first round including Hitesh Chauhan. Let's see how Arjun Rathi and Paparkar do in the second round.

[sameerph]

Second round results -

SD Prajwal Dev (IND/1) d. Madhwin Kamath (IND) 6-2 6-0
Manish Sureshkumar (IND/6) d. Maan Kesharwani (IND) 6-3 6-2
Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ/3) d. Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND) 6-3 6-3
Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND/8) d. Arjun Rathi (IND/Q) 4-6 6-1 6-3

Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND/5) d. Kabir Hans (IND) 6-2 6-2
Rohan Mehra (IND) d. Arnav Paparkar (IND/wc) 6-3 6-3
Udit Kamboj (IND/wc) d. Jim Hendrikx (NED) 6-3 6-7(0) 6-4
Siddhant Banthia (IND) d. Dev Javia (IND/2) 6-2 1-6 6-3

Unfortunately, our 2 remaining 18 year olds lost in the second round. Now, we have 7 Indian in QF but the youngest player in 23 year old Rohan Mehra. You really want your younger players to do well in these tournaments at home tournaments which has somewhat weaker field.

[arjun2761]

Looks like Aryan Shah is playing doubles here and made the SF in doubles. He could have played singles and collected 25 points here.

[Sabha124639W]

Looks like Aryan Shah is playing doubles here and made the SF in doubles. He could have played singles and collected 25 points here.

There is a rule or something states that, you can't withdraw from a challenger and play ITF, 1 week before the tournament

[PKBasu]

Only one unseeded player in the all-Indian SF:

[QF] 1-SD Prajwal Dev d. 6-Manish Sureshkumar 63 64
[QF] 8-Nitin Kumar Sinha d. 3-Gregory Lomakin (KAZ, 975; CH 713) 76(4) 61
[QF] 5-Digvijay Pratap Singh d. Rohan Mehra 46 64 63
[QF] Siddhant Banthia d. WC-Udit Kamboj 61 16 61

[PKBasu]

Second round results -

SD Prajwal Dev (IND/1) d. Madhwin Kamath (IND) 6-2 6-0
Manish Sureshkumar (IND/6) d. Maan Kesharwani (IND) 6-3 6-2
Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ/3) d. Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND) 6-3 6-3
Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND/8) d. Arjun Rathi (IND/Q) 4-6 6-1 6-3

Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND/5) d. Kabir Hans (IND) 6-2 6-2
Rohan Mehra (IND) d. Arnav Paparkar (IND/wc) 6-3 6-3
Udit Kamboj (IND/wc) d. Jim Hendrikx (NED) 6-3 6-7(0) 6-4
Siddhant Banthia (IND) d. Dev Javia (IND/2) 6-2 1-6 6-3

Unfortunately, our 2 remaining 18 year olds lost in the second round. Now, we have 7 Indian in QF but the youngest player in 23 year old Rohan Mehra. You really want your younger players to do well in these tournaments at home tournaments which has somewhat weaker field.

I don't know why we should be unhappy about 23 year olds doing well. A lot of the Indian players who were 18-20 during the Covid years received a huge setback to their careers then, and are only now coming into their own. The 18-year-olds will have to earn their spurs in the pro ranks.

[PKBasu]

The doubles final is 1-SD Prajwal Dev/Nitin Sinha vs. 3-Aryan Shah/Atharva Sharma.

Banthia (probably the highest ranked Indian in doubles among those present in Bhopal, at 151) chose not to play doubles to concentrate on singles.

[sameerph]

I don't know why we should be unhappy about 23 year olds doing well. A lot of the Indian players who were 18-20 during the Covid years received a huge setback to their careers then, and are only now coming into their own. The 18-year-olds will have to earn their spurs in the pro ranks.

Yes, possibility of upside is much more for 18-21 year olds. Now, in the SF the youngest player ( both Digvijay and Sid Banthia) is 25. Hope they turn out to be late bloomers.

[sameerph]

Looks like Aryan Shah is playing doubles here and made the SF in doubles. He could have played singles and collected 25 points here.

There is a rule or something states that, you can't withdraw from a challenger and play ITF, 1 week before the tournament

Yes, Aryan had withdrawn from Playford Challenger this week. A player is now allowed to withdraw from a challenger after a withdrawal deadline is over and enter a futures.

[sameerph]

Digivijay Pratap Singh wins the title in Bhopal.

[SF] (8) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,1333) d. (1) SD Prajwal Dev (IND,775) 46 62 64

[SF] (5) Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,1052) d. Siddhant Banthia (IND,1996) 31 retd.

[F] (5) Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,1052) d. (8) Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,1333) 64 76(6)

[PKBasu]

A bit silly that after an M25 last week, we are now back down to an M15 -- in Gwalior this time, but with a similar field. Aryan Shah is the top seed in singles this week.

Early results:
[R1] Ivan Iutkin (RUS, UNR; 100j, CH 30j) d. Q-Aditya Vardhan Duddupuddi (IND) 75 62
[R1] Abhinav Sanjeev Shanugam (IND, 1621; CH 509) d. 5-Ishaque Eqbal (IND, 1061; CH 768) 62 75
[R1] 4-Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ, 961) d. Parth Aggarwal (IND) 76(1) 60
[R1] WC-Sarthak Suden d. Q-Freek vonDonselaar (NED, UNR) 46 61 62

[sameerph]

A bit silly that after an M25 last week, we are now back down to an M15 -- in Gwalior this time, but with a similar field. Aryan Shah is the top seed in singles this week.

In fact it is a stronger field this week than the last one with top 3 seeds - Aryan, SidRawat and Chirag Duhan entering here who were not there last week.

[sameerph]

7 Indians in the last 8.

1st Round

Aryan Shah (IND/1) d. Jim Hendrikx (NED) 6-2 6-3
Adrian Arcon (AUS/Q) d. Aashravya Mehra (IND/Q) 7-6(6) 7-5
Ivan Iutkin (RUS) d. Aditya Vardhan Duddupudi (IND/Q) 7-5 6-2
Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND) d. Ishaque Eqbal (IND/5) 6-2 7-5

Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ/4) d. Parth Aggarwal (IND) 7-6(1) 6-0
Sarthak Suden (IND/wc) d. Freek Van Donselaar (NED/Q) 4-6 6-1 6-2
Makar Krivoshchekov (RUS/Q) d. Vivaan Bidasaria (IND/wc) 6-2 6-4
Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND/6) d. Madhwin Kamath (IND) 6-4 6-2

Rohan Mehra (IND) d. Preston Brown (USA/8) 6-4 6-2
Hitesh Chauhan (IND) d. Aditya Balsekar (IND) 4-6 7-6(5) 6-4
Raghav Jaisinghani (IND/Q) d. Deep Munim (IND/Q) 6-2 6-2
Dmitry Bessonov (RUS) d. Chirag Duhan (IND/3) 6-2 6-4

Manish Sureshkumar (IND/7) d. Caheer Warik (IND/Q) 6-1 6-2
Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) d. Shanker Heisnam (IND/wc) 6-3 6-3
Maan Kesharwani (IND) d. Ajay Malik (IND) 6-2 6-0
Arjun Rathi (IND/wc) d. Sidharth Rawat (IND/2) 7-6(2) 5-7 6-3

2nd Round

Aryan Shah (IND/1) d. Adrian Arcon (AUS/Q) 6-2 6-4
Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND) d. Ivan Iutkin (RUS) 6-3 2-6 6-3
Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ/4) d. Sarthak Suden (IND/wc) 6-3 6-3
Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND/6) d. Makar Krivoshchekov (RUS/Q) 6-3 7-5

Rohan Mehra (IND) d. Hitesh Chauhan (IND) 6-4 6-2
Raghav Jaisinghani (IND/Q) d. Dmitry Bessonov (RUS) 6-4 7-6(8)
Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) d. Manish Sureshkumar (IND/7) 6-2 6-4
Maan Kesharwani (IND) d. Arjun Rathi (IND/wc) 3-6 6-4 6-2