
Javia enters the ITF men’s tennis semifinals
The Hindu
Dev Javia sustained his strong game to get past Nicolas Tepmahc of France 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-6(4) in the quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the Indore Tennis Club on Friday.In a b
Dev Javia sustained his strong game to get past Nicolas Tepmahc of France 7-6(2), 2-6, 7-6(4) in the quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the Indore Tennis Club on Friday.
In a battle of wits that lasted two hours and 26 minutes, Javia led 5-2 in the decider, but Tepmahc hung on, surviving a match point on his serve in the eighth game. The 19-year-old Javia missed one more match point in the tie-break, before closing it out.
In the semifinals, Javia will face Philip Sekulic of Australia, who beat eighth seed S.D. Prajwal Dev for the loss of five games.