M15/M25- Chandigarh/Ahmedabad/Bengaluru-March 2025

[deekshith_ttr]

Five Indians in the singles QF this week in Ahmedabad:

[R2] 4-Aryan Shah (IND, 567 CH) d. Ajay Malik 62 62
[R2] 7-Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND, 790; CH 585) d. Grigoriy Lomakin (KAZ, 874; CH 713) 46 63 62
[R2] Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND, 1202) d. D. Sarksian (AUS, 1194) 61 76(5)

Also guruntees minimum one Semis of Indian as Aryan Shah takes on Siddharth Vishwakarma in quarters

[PKBasu]

Yes, here is the quarterfinal line-up:

[QF] 1-Jay Clarke (GBR, 298; CH 153) vs. Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND, 1202; CH 774)
[QF] 4-Aryan Shah (IND, 567) vs Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND, 790)
[QF] 3-Shin Woobin (KOR, 551) vs. 6-SD Prajwal Dev (IND, 784)
[QF] 2-Alexander Binda (ITA, 484) vs 8-Sidharth Rawat (IND, 848)

[PKBasu]

So the two Indians who lost to foreigners today were Ishaque Eqbal, who was up 3-1 against 1-Jay Clarke but then lost 11 of the next 12 games to go down 36 16, and veteran Vishnu Vardhan who lost to last week's runner-up Shin Woobin 36 46.

Both Vishnu and Ishaque will play their doubles QFs today.

[Sabha124639W]

^^^Not really. He is going to turn 22 and almost never beats anyone in the top 500. Also, his results seem worse this year compared to last year, so hard to make the case that he is improving.

He can turn it around at some point, but he is far less promising than Manas and Aryan right now.

His last match at Bengaluru Challenger against an in-form Rodionov where he lost 6-7 in the 3rd set shows his skills. I would say Manas, Aryan, and Karan are the promising players. I can't say Javia because he is inconsistent on hard and injury prone

[PKBasu]

One win, one loss for us so far against higher ranked foreigners:

[QF] 3-Shin Woobin (KOR, 551) l. 6-SD Prajwal Dev (IND, 784) 46 26
[QF] 1-Jay Clarke (GBR, 298; CH 153) d. Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND, 1202; CH 774) 63 75

[PKBasu]

Sid V up 62 11 against 4-Aryan Shah.
Binda serving for the first set against Sid R, at 6-5.

[prasen9]

Aryan and SDPD are thru to semis. Good luck to them. I think Aryan will play Clarke and SDPD Binda.

[PKBasu]

[QF] 4-Aryan Shah (IND, 567) d. Siddharth Vishwakarma (IND, 790) 26 64 61
[QF] 2-Alexander Binda (ITA, 484) d. 8-Sidharth Rawat (IND, 848) 75 62

[PKBasu]

It's an all-Indian final in doubles this week, with one surprise pair making it:

[SF] 2-SD Prajwal Dev/Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND/IND) d. Faisal Qamar/Ishaque Eqbal (IND/IND) 64 31 retd
[SF] Maan Kesharwani/Rishi Reddy (IND/IND) d. Shin Woobin/Park Minjong (KOR/KOR) 63 36 10-5

[PKBasu]

[SF] 2-Alexander Binda (ITA, 484) d. 7-SD Prajwal Dev (IND, 784) 76(2) 63

[deekshith_ttr]

^^ Aryan wins first set 6-3 against top seed Jay Clarke and is on serve 3-2 in second set .


Aryan Loses second set 7-6 (5) , so many mini breaks .
Into deciding set now

[prasen9]

Lost to Clarke in 3rd set.

[PKBasu]

[SF] 1-Jay Clarke (GBR, 298) d. 4-Aryan Shah (IND, 567) 36 76(5) 62

[PKBasu]

Big surprise in the doubles final, as the unseeded Indian pair beat their 2nd seeded compatriots:

[F] Maan Kesharwani/Rishi Reddy (IND/IND) d. 2-Nitin Kumar Sinha/SD Prajwal Dev 64 62

[prasen9]

Maan! what an upset.