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Riya Bhatia in partnership with Sada Nahimana of Burundi beat top seeds Freya Christie of Britain and Petra Hule of Australia 7-6(9), 6-4 in the doubles semifinals of the $60,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Calvi, France.
The results: €181,250 Challenger, Oeiras, Portugal: Doubles (semifinals): Karol Drzewiecki & Piotr Matuszewski (Pol) bt Niki Poonacha & Sergio Gornes (Esp) 7-6(2), 2-6, [10-2]; Quarterfinals: Marco Bortolotti (Ita) & Victor Corena (Rou) bt Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan & Vijay Sundar Prashanth 5-7, 3-1 (retired).
$30,000 ITF men, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Giovanni Fonio (Ita) bt Manas Dhamne 6-4, 6-4.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Mario Diez & Bruno Navarro (Esp) bt Chinmaya Dev Chauhan & Marcel Sudzum (Ned) 6-3, 6-2.
$60,000 ITF women, Calvi, France: Doubles (semifinals): Riya Bhatia & Sada Nahimana (Bdi) bt Freya Christie (GBR) & Petra Hule (Aus) 7-6(9), 6-4.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia: Doubles (final): Vilma Hyllested & Johanne Svendsen (Den) bt Zeel Desai & Anastasiia Gureva 6-0, 5-7, [10-5]; Semifinals: Zeel & Gureva bt Georgina Hays (GBR) & Eliessa Vanlangendonck (Bel) 6-0, 7-5.
Published – April 19, 2025 07:54 pm IST