Bhubaneswar: Local favourite Kabir Hans partnering Rishab Agarwal barged into the men’s doubles final of the M25 Bhubaneswar ITF World Tennis Tour 2024, defeating third-seeded pair of Siddhant Banthia and Vishnu Vardhan by 6-2, 7-6 (4) at Kalinga Stadium Tennis Centre here on Friday. The doubles final will be held on Saturday.
Top-seeded pair Egor Agafonov and Bogdan Bobrov narrowly edged past Ishaque Eqbal and Faisal Qamar in a thrilling comeback, winning 3-6, 7-6(6), [10-8]. The victory sees Agafonov and Bobrov advance to face Hans and Agarwal in tomorrow’s highly anticipated doubles showdown.
Top seeded Dalibor Svrcina from Czech Republic will face third seeded 18-year Aryan Shah from India, Similarly, seventh seed Nick Chappell from USA to meet eighth seeded Bogdan Bobrov from Russia in the main draw Singles semifinals respectively.
Main Draw Singles Quarterfinals:
[1] Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) bt Dev Javia 6-4, 6-1
[8] Aryan Shah bt Rethin Pranav Senthil Kumar 5-7, 6-4, 6-2
[7] Nick Chappell (USA) bt S D Prajwal Dev 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 Retired
[3] Bogdan Bobrov bt [5] Karan Singh 6-3, 6-0
Main Draw Doubles Semifinals:
[1] Egor Agafonov / Bogdan Bobrov bt Ishaque Eqbal / Faisal Qamar 3-6, 7-6(6), [10-8]
Rishab Agarwal / Kabir Hans bt [3] Siddhant Banthia / Vishnu Vardhan 6-2, 7-6(4)
