PUNE/STARNBERG, February 19, 2025

Eighth seeded Alexis Galarneau of Canada and unseeded players Valentin Vacherot of Monaco and Czech Republic’s Dalibor Svrcina progressed to the singles quarterfinals at the PMRDA Powered Maha Open ATP Challenger Tour 100 event organized by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) in association with the Department of Sports and Youth Services Govt of Maharashtra, PCMC, PMC and PMDTA at the Mhalunge Balewadi Tennis Stadium.

Galarneau stopped Belgian qualifier Michael Geerts 6-4, 6-4 on Wednesday. Defending champion Vacherot ended the run of Japanese qualifier Masamichi Imamura 6-2, 6-3 in just over an hour to enter the last eight stage .

Svrcina edged past Jurij Rodionov of Austria 6-4, 7-5 , while qualifier Ilia Simakin of Russia proved too strong for Australian James McCabe 6-2, 6-4 to make it to the quarterfinals

In the doubles draw, top seeded Indian pair of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Vijay Sundar Prashanth came back from 3-5 down to get past Danish pair of August Holmgren and Elmer Moller 6-3, 7-6(7) to enter the quarterfinals. They will take on another Indian pair of Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan who scored a 6-0, 6-4 win over Belgian Michael Geerts and Britain’s Billy Harris 6-0, 6-4.

Day 3 winners in

A. Galarneau d. M. Geerts
I. Simakin d. J. McCabe
D. Svrcina d. J. Rodionov
V. Vacherot d. M. Imamura

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WEDNESDAY RESULTS

Singles – Second Round

Valentin Vacherot (MON) bt [Q] Masamichi Imamura (JPN) 6-2, 6-3;
[8] Alexis Galarneau (CAN)bt [Q] Michael Geerts (BEL) 6-4, 6-4
Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) bt Jurij Rodionov (AUT) 6-4, 7-5;
[Q] Ilia Simakin bt James McCabe (AUS) 6-2, 6-4;

Doubles – First Round

[1] Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) /Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND) bt August Holmgren/Elmer Moller (DEN) 6-3, 7-6(7);
[2] Blake Bayldon (AUS) / Matthew Christopher Romios (AUS) bt [Wc] Siddhant Banthia (IND) / Parikshit Somani (IND) 6-2, 6-4;
Enrico Dalla Valle (ITA) / Khumoyun Sultanov (UZB) bt [Wc] Karan Singh / Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) 6-2, 6-2;
Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) / Courtney John Lock (ZIM) bt Alexis Galarneau / Kelsey Stevenson (CAN) 6-4,7-6(1)
[4] Blake Ellis / Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) bt Johannes Ingildsen (DEN) / Ivan Liutarevich (Rus) 6-3, 6-4;
Saketh Myneni / Ramkumar Ramanathan (Ind) bt Michael Geerts (BEL) / Billy Harris (GBR) 6-0, 6-4.
PetrBar Biryukov /Ilia Simakin (Rus) bt (3) Aniruddha Chandrashekar(Ind)/ Ray Ho (Tpe) 7-6(3),6(5)-7,10-4