Jacopo Berrettini upsets sixth-seed Shimakukuro in Chennai Open
The Hindu
Jacopo Berrettini upsets Shimakukuro in Chennai Open ATP Challenger; Indians fall in final-round qualifiers.
: Italy’s Jacopo Berrettini, the younger brother of former Wimbledon finalist Matteo Berrettini, caused the first big upset in the main draw of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger with a straight sets win over sixth seed Sho Shimakukuro on Monday.
Berrettini, ranked No. 324 in the world, won 6-3, 7-6 against Shimakukuro in the first main draw match of the tournament. In the other main draw match, fifth seed Shintaro Mochizuki of Japan defeated Italy’s Enrico Dalla Valle 6-2, 6-1 to move into the last 16.
Meanwhile, the four Indians failed to win their final-round qualifying matches. Chirag Duhan, 21, battled hard before falling in a third-set tiebreak to Yurii Dzhavakian 4-6, 6-1, 7-6. Dev Javia went to three sets against Egor Agafonov before going down 4-6, 7-5, 6-3.
On Tuesday, India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan, Mukund Sasikumar and Karan Singh will be playing in their respective first-round matches. The tournament’s top two seeds, Great Britain’s Billy Harris, ranked No 129 in the world, and South African Lloyd Harris, ranked No 142, will also begin their singles campaign on Tuesday.
Important results (Qualifying, final round): Maxim Zhukov bt Sascha Gueymard Wayenburg (Fra) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Kimmer Coppejans (Bel) bt Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-1, 6-0; Hynek Barton (Cze) bt Olaf Pieczkowski (Pol) 6-3, 6-3; Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) bt Manish Sureshkumar 6-2, 6-3; Egor Agafonov bt Dev Javia 4-6, 7-5, 6-3; Yurii Dzhavakian (Ukr) bt Chirag Duhan 4-6, 6-1, 7-6.
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