Ilya Ivashka in motion in opposition to Hamish Stewart within the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open ATP Challenger on the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium in Bengaluru on Could 22, 2026.
| Photograph Credit score: Ok. MURALI KUMAR
A meltdown however, Ilya Ivashka managed to come back out on prime in his semifinal outing in opposition to Hamish Stewart on the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open ATP Challenger tennis right here on Friday (Could 22, 2026).
Trailing 3-4 within the second set, Ivashka was livid when the chair umpire overruled a line name in favour of Stewart.
Ivashka, who had hit the final shot of the rally into the online, was satisfied that the deuce level should be replayed. The umpire, nonetheless, awarded the purpose to Stewart, citing that the unique ‘out’ name from the linesperson didn’t have an effect on Ivashka’s shot.
“No! No! No probability!,” Ivashka screamed on the prime of his lungs.
Ivashka sat in his chair and demanded to see the supervisor, who agreed with the umpire’s choice.
Ivashka reluctantly went again to the court docket, occurring to lose the second set 3-6. The Belarus participant exchanged verbal volleys with the supervisor — seated within the stands — on his means out of the court docket.
The brief break earlier than the third set allowed Ivashka to regroup. The 32-year-old stayed focussed on the job, finishing a 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 win over third-seed Stewart.
Ivashka will face fourth-seed Petr Bar Biryukov within the singles closing on Friday.
Ok. Petr Bar Biryukov in motion in opposition to Alastair Grey within the S.M. Krishna Memorial Open ATP Challenger on the S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium in Bengaluru on Could 22, 2026.
| Photograph Credit score:
Ok. MURALI KUMAR
Within the doubles semifinals, the Indian pair of Adil Kalyanpur and Mukund Sasikumar took out Charles Barry (Eire) and Joshua Charlton (Australia) 6-4, 6-3.
Niki Poonacha and Saketh Myneni, who gained the Karnataka Open final week, fell to Biryukov and Grigoriy Lomakin.
The outcomes (Semifinals): Ilya Ivashka bt Hamish Stewart (GBR) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Petr Bar Biryukov bt Alastair Grey (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.
Printed – Could 22, 2026 09:38 pm IST
