1 month ago
2
The Karnataka Open ATP Challenger tennis tournament, which commences astatine the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium present connected Monday, offers a accidental for Indian players to gain invaluable ranking points.
The likes of sixth-seed Karan Singh, Sidharth Rawat, Prajwal Dev and Sasikumar Mukund volition look to usage this week-long location tourney — the archetypal of back-of-back Challenger events that volition beryllium held astatine this venue — to marque stirring runs and emergence up the ATP ladder.
Maan Kesharwani, Dev Javia and Krish Tyagi person been handed main gully chaotic cards.
Formerly known arsenic the ATP Bengaluru Challenger, this tourney carries a prize purse of $63,000.
American Keegan Smith, present astatine a vocation champion ranking of 289, has been fixed apical billing. Scotland’s Hamish Stewart (world no. 328) and Russian Petr Bar (world no. 337) are 2 different apical contenders.
In doubles, the Niki Poonacha and Saketh Myneni combo stands retired arsenic 1 of the astir experienced teams successful the draw.
