Aryan Shah continued to claim his sport as he beat sixth seed Ergi Kirkin of Turkey 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 within the pre-quarterfinals of the $60,000 Challenger tennis event in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Thursday.
The 19-year-old Aryan will problem the third seed Michael Geerts of Belgium within the quarterfinals.
The outcomes: $100,000 Challenger, Gwangju, Korea: Doubles (quarterfinals): Ramkumar Ramanathan & Aoran Wang (Chn) bt Blake Bayldon (Aus) & Reese Stalder (USA) 7-6(4), 7-6(1).
$60,000 Challenger, Abidjan, Ivory Coast: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Aryan Shah bt Ergi Kirkin (Tur) 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Aleksandre Bakshi (Geo) & Prajwal Dev bt Juan Bianchi & Brandon Perez (Ven) 7-5, 6-1.
€54,000 Challenger, Rome, Italy: Doubles (quarterfinals): Simone Agostini (Ita) & Kelsey Stevenson (Can) bt Siddhant Banthia & Alexander Donski (Bul) 6-4, 3-6, [11-9]; Pre-quarterfinals: Banthia & Donski bt Federico Arnaboldi (Ita) & Remy Bertola (Sui) 6-3, 6-4.
$30,000 ITF males, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Nikolas Izquierdo (Esp) & Mark Vervoort (Ned) bt Andrey Chepelev & Chirag Duhan 5-7, 6-3, [10-8].
$100,000 ITF ladies, Tokyo, Japan: Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Hong Yi Cody Wong (Hkg) & Lin Zhu (Chn) bt Arianne Hartono (Ned) & Prarthana Thombare 3-6, 6-3, [11-9].
$15,000 ITF ladies, Monastir, Tunisia: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Zeel Desai bt Laura Cilekova (Svk) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Abigail Rencheli & Hibah Shaikh (USA) bt Tanisha Kashyap & Arabella Koller (Aut) 6-3, 6-4.
$15,000 ITF ladies, Antalya, Turkey: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Vaishnavi Adkar bt Justina Daniele (Arg) 6-4, 6-4.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Vaishnavi Adkar & India Houghton (USA) bt Sarah Fajmonova (Cze) & Ilay Yoruk (Tur) 6-2, 6-1.
Revealed – April 24, 2025 09:06 pm IST
