ITF M15s Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2023

[jayakris]

A big Indian contingent is at the M15 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on clay this week. Digvijay Pratap Singh, S D Prajwal Dev, Karan Singh, Rishab Agarwal, Dev Javia, Nitin Kumar Sinha, and Ishaque Eqbal are in order in the main draw entry list (Dig at #4, SDPD at #7 and Karan at #8 in original entry). Then in the qualies list, we have Jagmeet Singh, Yash Chaurasia, Chirag Duhan, Parth Aggarwal and Tushar Madan.

It seems Niki will also join for the following week.

[jayakris]

10th seed in qualies, 19-year old Chirag Duhan (IND,1969) just qualified into the main draw with a 61 61 win over Asher Claverley (USA,NR) yesterday and an 06 64 [10-8] comeback win today over Rafael Ymer (SWE,NR), who had beaten 4th seed Jagmeet Singh in the Q1. 6th seed Yash Chaurasia, 14th seed Parth Aggarwal and 16th seed Tushar Madan have all won the Q1 and are playing Q2 today.

Update: 6th seed Yash Chaurasia (IND,1595) beat Benjamin Ignacio Torres Fernandez (CHI, ITF-135) 63 63 to make the main draw. Tushar madan went down to a second seeded Iranian, 67(6) 16... Parth's final Q match is postponed to tomorrow morning.

[jayakris]

Parth Aggarwal (IND,ITF-1216) upset the 8th seed Akram El Sallaly (EGY,1646) 62 63 to make the main draw too. With 10 Indians, this event has as many Indians in the main as in some Indian events!

[R1] (Q) Yash Chaurasia vs Jonathan Baron (ISR)
[R1] (4) Digvijay Pratap Singh vs (Q) Chirag Duhan
[R1] Ishaque Eqbal vs (WC) Alexey Aleshchev
[R1] (8) Karan Singh vs Guy OrlyIradukunda (BDI)
[R1] Rishab Agarwal vs Dev Javia
[R1] (Q) Parth Aggarwal (vs (Q) Denis Constantin Spiridon (ITA)
[R1] (6) S D Prajwal Dev vs Ben Weintraub (ISR)
[R1] Nitin Kumar Sinha vs (Q) Nicolas Villalon Valdes (CHI)

In doubles, two seeded Indian teams (#2 SDPD/Nitin, #4 Ishaque/Karan) won the R1. Yash/Jagmeet upset the 3rd seeds Prajwal and Guy OrlyIradukunda (BDI). Two other teams with Indians have also made the QFs - Chirag and Sina Moghimi (IRI), and Rishab and Ryotaro Matsumura (JPN).

Basically just like an Indian event

[jayakris]

Here are the results so far:

[R1] (Q) Yash Chaurasia (IND,1595) l. Jonathan Baron (ISR,1259), 26 26
[R1] (4) Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,497) d. (Q) Chirag Duhan (IND,1969), 67(6) 61 62
[R1] Ishaque Eqbal (IND,1082) d. (WC) Alexey Aleshchev (RUS,1179), 61 62
[R1] (8) Karan Singh (IND,828) l. Guy Orly Iradukunda (BDI,1002), 67(3) 36
[R1] Rishab Agarwal (IND,950) d. (PR) Dev Javia (IND,1650), 63 76(1)
[R1] (Q) Parth Aggarwal (IND,ITF-1219) l. (Q) Denis Constantin Spiridon (ITA,1570), 57 26
[R1] (6) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,747) d. Ben Weintraub (ISR,1269), 62 60
[R1] Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,992) l. (Q) Nicolas Villalon Valdes (CHI,1434), 63 36 67(8)

[R2] (4) Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,497) d. Ishaque Eqbal (IND,1082), 16 63 64
[R2] Rishab Agarwal (IND,950) l. Guy Orly Iradukunda (BDI,1002), 36 06
[R2] (6) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,747) vs Ryotaro Matsumura (JPN,1075), 63 01 [INTERRUPTED/postponed]

The Burundian (with a last name like he is from AP/Telengana) who "upset" Karan Singh was actually ranked at #600 earlier and is coming back from a 6 month injury break. He is a good player. Unfortunate for two Indians to draw him first.

[sameerph]

SDPD won his carried over second round match.

[R2] (6) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,747) d. Ryotaro Matsumura (JPN,1075), 63 64

So, we will have 2 Indians in the QF to be played later today.

[QF] (4) Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,497) vs. (5) Alec Beckley (GBR,636)

[QF] (6) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,747) vs. (2) Eric Vanshelboim (UKR,453)

[jayakris]

Both lost in the QFs...

[QF] (4) Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,497) l. (5) Alec Beckley (GBR,636), 67(1) 46
[QF] (6) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,747) l. (2) Eric Vanshelboim (UKR,453), 36 67(6)

Two Indian teams, 4th seeds Ishaque Iqbal and Karan Singh, and unseeded Jagmeet Singh and Yash Chaurasia are in the doubles SFs. One more team may make it to the SFs in a remaining match. Update: 2nd seeds 2nd seeds SDPD and Nitin Kumar Sinha also made the SFs in a match completed early Saturday.

[jayakris]

In the semis, 2nd seeds SDPD/Nitin beat 4th seeds Ishaque/Karan 63 61 and the top seeds Akram El Sallaly (EGY) and Kris Van Wyk (RSA) beat Yash/Jagmeet 64 64 yesterday. SDPD/Nitin went down 64 36 [10-12] to the top seeds in the final today.

[jayakris]

11th seed Chirag Duhan (IND,1969) and unseeded Parth Aggarwal (IND,ITF-1219) again qualified into the main draw at the M15 in Addis Ababa. Parth upset the 4th seed Pierre Antoine Tailleu (FRA,1545) 57 63 [10-6] and then uoset the 10th seed Dubinin, Alexey (RUS,1969), 62 62... Chirag beat Jabari Stafford (USA, ITF-3295) 62 61 and the Marcel Politowicz (POL, ITF-2329), 67(3) 63 [10-5]... Marcel had upset the 7th seed Yash Chaurasia in the Q1. 5th seed Jagmeet Singh also got upset in the Q1 by a Brazilian who qualified in.

They will join the 7 Indians in the main draw list like last time.

[PKBasu]

I hope someone from the big Indian contingent gets at least to the SF in singles this week in Addis Ababa.

[Dinesh]

Dev Javia produces a biggest upset by sending the 3rd seed home. We might be assured of an Indian semi finalist from that quarter.

Actually, 7 Indians won today. How about that!

[jayakris]

Make it 8 wins in 8 matchs by Indians there. Qualifier Chirag Duhan just broke Rafael Ymer in the 9th game and served it out at 63 64 for the 8th win. Also, Ishaque Eqbal just broke 5th seed Beckley to even it up at 57 75 00 i the 9th match. Can we get yet another upset win??? Please.

[jayakris]

At the M15 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (Clay)

[R1] (Q) Parth Aggarwal (IND,1208) d. Dylan Salton (RSA,1065), 64 64
[R1] (PR) Dev Javia (IND,ITF-1726) d. (3) Kris van Wyk (RSA,450), 63 75 75
[R1] Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND,986) d. (WC) Yabets Kebede (ETH,NR), 60 63
[R1] (6) S D Prajwal Dev (IND,738) d. (Q) Denis Constantin Spiridon (ITA,1564), 64 10 RET.
[R1] Rishab Agarwal (IND,946) d. Guy Orly Iradukunda (BDI,998), 63 75
[R1] (4) Digvijay Pratap Singh (IND,491) d. (WC) Abdella Nedim Mohammed (ETH,NR), 64 62
[R1] (8) Karan Singh (IND,820) d. Jonathan Baron (ISR,1246), 75 64
[R1] (Q) Chirag Duhan (IND,1931) d. (WC) Rafael Ymer (SWE,ITF-1793), 63 64
[R1] Ishaque Eqbal (IND,1076) l. (5) Alec Beckley (RSA,629), 57 75 36

Seven of the 8 second round matches will have an Indian, and one match is between Indians - Dev and Nitin

[sameerph]

Very rare indeed to get 8 out of 9 wins on foreign soil even at this level. Real upset win was from 21 year old Dev Javia against a top 500 player. Dev was a decent junior with a career high ITF junior ranking of 54. He was earlier ranked inside top 1000 last year but had an injury it seems. Good to see him back and coming up with what is mostly his career best win in only third tournament since return.

[jayakris]

Only doubles were played at Addis Ababa today. 3 Indian teams and another Indian made the QFs there. Top seeds SDPD/NitinKumarSinha beat DPSingh/PatrickToman(USA) 62 62, 4th seeds Ishaque/Karan beat Chirag and Sina Moghimi (Iran) 64 63, Yash/Jagmeet beat a Kadebe(ETH)/Miessen(BEL), 76(4) 75 and DevJavia/HongKitWong (HKG) beat SamirHamza(ALG)/KarimIbrahim(EGY).

[prasen9]

Good luck to our contingent at the Indian Open tomorrow. PKB wanted one semi-finalist. I want at least two.