Suresh Dhakshineswar’s run in Winston-Salem Open ends in semis
India’s Suresh Dhakshineswar’s run at the ATP Winston-Salem Open doubles event came to an end on Friday night as he and British partner Luca Pow were knocked out in the semi-finals. The Indo-British duo, who play together for Wake Forest University in the NCAA US College circuit and received a wildcard into the main draw, were beaten by fourth seeds Nathaniel Lammons and Jackson Withrow in straight sets. Lammon/ Withrow dropped only seven points on their serve in the contest, winning 6-4, 6-2 to reach the final where they will meet Julian Cash and Robert Galloway on Saturday. The loss brought Dhakshineswar’s ATP Tour debut to an end. His semi-final result in doubles should take his world ranking from No. 1710 to the top 550 next week. He also reached the second round in the singles qualifying draw last weekend. 19-year-old Vaishnavi Adkar through to ITF final in Thailand Meanwhile, in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand, India’s Vaishnavi Adkar, seeded 8th, scored an upset win over third seed Rina Saigo 6-0, 6-3. The win moves her into the final where the 19-year-old will face fourth seed Patcharin Cheapchandej. Also, India’s Siddhant Banthia and American partner Tennyson Whiting are through to the doubles final of the ITF M25 Lesa event in Italy. Seeded second, the Indo-American duo defeated fourth seeds Gianluca Cadenasso /Noah Perfetti, both from Italy, 7-6(3), 7-5. Banthia and Whiting will face top seeds Giorgio Ricca/ Alexander Weis in the final on Saturday. The Sportz Planet Desk,Haresh Ramchandani
Suresh Dhakshineswar advances to doubles quarter-finals at ATP Winston-Salem Open
India’s Suresh Dhakshineswar and British partner Luca Pow caused a big upset in the first round of the doubles event at this week’s ATP 250 Winston-Salen Open with a win over sixth seeds Ariel Behar/ Andrés Molteni in a deciding match tiebreak. Dhakshineswar/ Pow, who play together for Wake Forest University in the NCAA US College circuit, took an early break to go up 2-0 in the first set and held on to their serve to claim the opening set 6-4. The second set went with serve for the first 11 games before Behar/ Molteni broke in the 12th game to win it 7-5. The Indo-British duo, who received a wildcard into the main draw, regained the momentum to win the deciding match tiebreak 10-8 and advance to the last eight where they will meet Gonzalo Escobar/ Aleksandr Nedovyesov. This is Dhakshineswar’s first ATP Tour main draw appearance. On Sunday, Dhakshineswar went down in his final round qualifying match of the singles draw. After beating world No 337 Alexey Zakharov in straight sets in the opening round, the 24-year-old Indian was defeated by 18-year-old American Learner Tien, ranked No. 232 in the world, in straight sets, 3-6, 4-6. Nagal heads to New York for the US Open after first round loss India’s top-ranked singles player, Sumit Nagal, also saw his singles campaign at the tournament come to an end on Sunday as he was defeated 4-6, 2-6 by former world No. 12 Borna Coric, of Croatia. Nagal, who turned 27 last week, now heads to New York for the US Open, the final Grand Slam of the season which begins on Monday August 26, 2024. The Sportz Planet Desk,Haresh Ramchandani
