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Highly rated teen Manas Dhamne registered his archetypal triumph implicit a top-250 subordinate erstwhile helium bushed Croatia’s Matej Dodig 7-5, 4-6, 6-1 successful the opening circular of the Dafa News Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger 125 astatine the S.M. Krishna Stadium present connected Monday.
The triumph implicit the World No. 231 was lone Dhamne’s 2nd match-win connected the Challenger Tour, the earlier 1 coming successful June 2025 successful Brasov, Romania. So important was the occurrence that the infinitesimal Dodig’s instrumentality sailed agelong connected match-point, the 18-year-old World No. 556 reached for his phone, and an Instagram station of him fist pumping went up successful nary time.
On court, Dhamne exhibited the aforesaid youthful exuberance. He served good – winning 78% connected the first-serve and 63% connected the 2nd – drove his backhand powerfully and was coagulated from the forehand wing.
Dodig, 20 and the 5th effect here, had 2 inches connected Dhamne (6’2” to 6’0”) and planted 12 aces to his opponent’s three, but immoderate erratic play successful the 12th crippled outgo him the archetypal set. He deed 2 aces and a work victor but besides 3 double-faults, earlier Dhamne took it 7-5 erstwhile a groundstroke went wide.
In the 2nd stanza, the Croat stabilised, broke to 3-2 and held connected for a 6-4 scoreline to level matters.
It was, however, creditable that Dhamne did not consciousness unsettled contempt playing idiosyncratic who had 39 much match-wins.
The Indian broke successful the 4th and sixth games of the decider, capitalising connected a bid of unforced errors. The acceptable lasted conscionable implicit fractional an hour, compared to the 2 astir 50-minute affairs that preceded it. And that told the story. “More than the win, I americium blessed for the different things, similar the mode I played,” Dhamne said. “I person to improve, but consciousness I americium connected the close track.”
Third effect Jay Clarke and 4th effect Lloyd Harris were knocked out.
Other results: First round: Sumit Nagal bt S.D. Prajwal Dev 6-3, 6-3; Harold Mayot (Fra) bt Petr Bar Biryukov (Rus) 6-1, 6-4; Matteo Martineau bt Jay Clarke 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Jonas Forejtek (Cze) bt Lloyd Harris (RSA) 7-6(5), 6-4; Timofey Skatov (Kaz) bt Neil Oberleitner (Aut) 6-3, 6-3; Dan Martin (Can) bt Vladyslav Orlov (Ukr) 6-7(4), 7-5, 6-4.
Qualifying last round: Alexis Gautier (Fra) bt Sidharth Rawat 6-4, 6-4.
