NEW DELHI: Seventh seed Rohan Bopanna got past Lee Childs of Britain 6-4, 7-6(4) in the first round of the $25,000 Challenger tennis tournament on grass at Manchester.
The Indian Davis Cupper will meet Dopminik Meffert of Germany in the pre-quarterfinals.
Navdeep retires midway
Meanwhile, in the $15,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament at Gandia, Spain, Navdeep Singh retired in the second round while trailing 1-6, 0-3 against the fourth-seeded Pedro Clar-Rossello of Spain.
Indian challenge ends
In the $10,000 ITF women’s circuit tournament at Khonkan, Thailand, the Indian challenge came to an end as Ankita Bhambri and Rushmi Chakravarthi lost 2-6, 1-6 to Sun-Jung Kim and Cho-Won Lee of Korea in the doubles semifinals.
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