ATP Challenger Tour

Daniele Bracciali Banned And Fined For Tennis match-fixing Offences

TIU Press Release, November 21, 2018 Italian tennis player Daniele Bracciali has been banned from tennis for life and fined $250,000 USD after being found guilty of match-fixing and associated offences. The case against Mr Bracciali, 40, was adjudicated by independent […]

Local Favourite Arjun Kadhe Advances To Second Round In Pune

PUNE, November 20, 2018 Local favourite and Pune native Arjun Kadhe justified the wildcard given to him by the organisors as he upset second seeded Ramkumar Ramanathan, winning 6-3, 6-2 to enter the second round of the main draw at the […]

Ymer Advances In Pune, Kuhn Knocks Out Martin

PUNE, November 19, 2018 Spanish teenager Nicola Kuhn created the first upset of this year’s tournament ousting World No. 191 Andrej Martin of Slovakia to reach the second round of the main draw at the KPIT MSLTA ATP Challenger organized by MSLTA […]

Andújar Captures Buenos Aires Challenger Title

BUENOS AIRES, November 19, 2018 Pablo Andújar capped his resurgent 2018 campaign with his fourth title. The 32-year-old Spaniard, who had to undergo three elbow surgeries and started the year being ranked World No. 1,690, clinched the trophy of the Challenger […]

Ito Triumphs On Home Soil In Kobe

KOBE, November 18, 2018 Tatsuma Ito is the champion of the $50,000 Hyogo Noah Challenger 2018 held at the Miki Disaster Prevention Park in Kobe. The No. 2 seed won Sunday’s all-Japanese singles final against the tournament’s No. 7 Yosuke […]

Opelka With Back-To-Back Titles Win In Champaign

CHAMPAIGN, November 18, 2018 No. 4 seed Reilly Opelka from the United States defeated fellow countryman Ryan Shane to win the 2018 JSM Challenger of Champaign-Urbana singles title. Opelka defeated the qualifier, 7-6(6), 6-3 on Saturday afternoon at Atkins Tennis Center. This marks […]

Gunneswaran Clinches Bengaluru Open Crown

BANGALORE, November 17, 2018 Prajnesh Gunneswaran is the champion of the 2018 Bengaluru Tennis Open. The No. 4 seed of the $150,000 ATP Challenger hard-court event emerged victorious from an all-Indian singles final with wild card entry Saketh Myneni on […]

Köpfer Holds Off Karlovic To Reach Semi-Finals In Houston

HOUSTON, November 17, 2018 Semi-final Saturday is on the horizon at Oracle Challenger Series in Houston. On the women’s side, wild card Peng Shuai will take on US-American Jessica Pegula, who has been in top form this week and is […]

Opelka To Face Shane In Champaign Challenger Final

CHAMPAIGN, November 17, 2018 The 32-man-singles draw has been whittled down to the final two at the $75,000 JSM Challenger of Champaign-Urbana, held at the University of Illinois. No. 4 seeded US-American Reilly Opelka will meet compatriot Ryan Shane in Saturday’s title […]

Shuai Overcomes Bencic To Reach Houston Quarterfinals

HOUSTON, November 16, 2018 The quarterfinals have been set at the Oracle Challenger Series in Houston, as only eight men and eight women remain. In the biggest match on Thursday, former Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai took down the […]