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A meltdown notwithstanding, Ilya Ivashka managed to travel retired connected apical successful his semifinal outing against Hamish Stewart astatine the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open ATP Challenger tennis present connected Friday (May 22, 2026).
Trailing 3-4 successful the 2nd set, Ivashka was furious erstwhile the seat umpire overruled a enactment telephone successful favour of Stewart.
Ivashka, who had deed the past changeable of the rally into the net, was convinced that the deuce constituent indispensable beryllium replayed. The umpire, however, awarded the constituent to Stewart, citing that the archetypal ‘out’ telephone from the linesperson did not impact Ivashka’s shot.
“No! No! No chance!,” Ivashka screamed astatine the apical of his lungs.
Ivashka sat successful his seat and demanded to spot the supervisor, who agreed with the umpire’s decision.
Ivashka reluctantly went backmost to the court, going connected to suffer the 2nd acceptable 3-6. The Belarus subordinate exchanged verbal volleys with the supervisor — seated successful the stands — connected his mode retired of the court.
The abbreviated interruption earlier the 3rd acceptable allowed Ivashka to regroup. The 32-year-old stayed focussed connected the job, completing a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 triumph implicit third-seed Stewart.
Ivashka volition look fourth-seed Petr Bar Biryukov successful the singles last connected Friday.
K. Petr Bar Biryukov successful enactment against Alastair Gray successful the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open ATP Challenger astatine the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium successful Bengaluru connected May 22, 2026. | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR
In the doubles semifinals, the Indian brace of Adil Kalyanpur and Mukund Sasikumar took retired Charles Barry (Ireland) and Joshua Charlton (Australia) 6-4, 6-3.
Niki Poonacha and Saketh Myneni, who won the Karnataka Open past week, fell to Biryukov and Grigoriy Lomakin.
The results (Semifinals): Ilya Ivashka bt Hamish Stewart (GBR) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Petr Bar Biryukov bt Alastair Gray (GBR) 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(5).
Doubles: Adil Kalyanpur & Mukund Sasikumar bt Charles Barry (Irl) & Joshua Charlton (Aus) 6-4, 6-3; Petr Bar Biryukov & Grigoriy Lomakin (Kaz) bt Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha & Saketh Myneni 6-3, 6-4.
