Siddhant Banthia in Challenger doubles final

Siddhant Banthia in partnership with Alexander Donski beat Alexander Merino and Christoph Negritu 6-2, 7-6(6) in the doubles semifinals of the $100,000 Challenger tennis tournament in Tunis, Tunisia, on Friday.

In the $15,000 ITF men’s event in Tehran, Iran, Prajwal Dev missed a match point on his serve at 5-3 in the third set, and got beaten by the champion of the last tournament Ali Yazdani of Iran 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(3) in the quarterfinals. 

Top seed Karan Singh made the semifinals.

The results:

€227,270 Challenger, Bordeaux, France

Doubles (quarterfinals): Rafael Matos & Marcelo Melo (Bra) bt Sriram Balaji & Miguel Reyes-Varela (Mex) 6-2, 6-4.

€145,250 Challenger, Oeiras, Portugal

Doubles (semifinals): Marcelo Demoliner (Bra) & David Pichler (Aut) bt Sergio Gomes (Esp) & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 6-4, 7-6(8).

$100,000 Challenger, Tunis, Tunisia

Doubles (semifinals): Siddhant Banthia & Alexander Donski (Bul) bt Alexander Merino (Per) & Christoph Negritu (Ger) 6-2, 7-6(6).

$15,000 ITF men, Tehran, Iran

Singles (quarterfinals): Karan Singh bt Brandon Perez (Ven) 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-3; Aleksandr Lobanov bt Dev Javia 7-6(7), 6-1; Ali Yazdani (Iri) bt Prajwal Dev 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(3).

Doubles (quarterfinals): Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Samyar Elyasi & Ali Yazdani (Iri) 5-7, 7-6(3), [10-8].

$15,000 ITF women, Tsaghkadzor, Armenia

Doubles (quarterfinals): Mia Horvit (USA) & Ksenia Laskutova bt Sravya Shivani & Meshkatolzahra Safi (Iri) 7-5, 6-4; Kira Batakina & Daria Koreshkova bt Ekateriona Kldiashvili (Geo) & Vanshita Pathania 7-6(3), 6-2.