Dhakshineswar Suresh in action. File.
| Photo Credit: R. Ragu
Dhakshineswar Suresh lost the main draw first round 3-6, 3-6 to Mariano Navone of Argentina, after winning two rounds of qualifying event in the $798,335 ATP tennis tournament in Winston Salem, USA
The big serving Dhakshineswar who beat seeded Alejandro Tabilo and Aidan Mayo in the qualifying event, collected eight ATP points for qualification and $4,260.
He has also got a wild card for doubles with Luca Pow and will challenge the top seeds Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski.
In the Challenger in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sumit Nagal beat lucky-loser Filip Pieczonka of Poland 6-4, 6-3 in the first round.
The results:
$798,335 ATP, Winston Salem, USA
Singles (first round): Mariano Navone (Arg) bt Dhakshineswar Suresh 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Romain Arneodo (Mon) & Rohan Bopanna bt Luciano Darderi (Ita) & Alexandre Muller (Fra) 6-1, 6-1.
€91,250 Challenger, Sofia, Bulgaria
Singles (first round): Sumit Nagal bt Filip Pieczonka (Pol) 6-4, 6-3; Marat Sharipov bt Aryan Shah 7-5, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF men, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Singles (first round): Ammar Alhogbani (KSA) bt Parth Aggarwal 7-6(3), 1-6, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): M Rifqi Fitriadi (Ina) & Junhyeon Lee (Kor) bt Atharva Sharma & Yuta Tomida (Jpn) 7-6(4), 6-4; Sai Karteek Reddy & Thantub Suksumrarn (Tha) bt Dmitry Bessonov & Jerko Brkic (Cro) 6-2, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF women, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Singles (first round): Primmada Thongkum (Tha) bt Pooja Ingale 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Pooja Ingale & Paola Lopez (USA) bt Papitchaya Isaro & Sorvisa Kulphisanrat (Tha) 6-2, 1-6, [10-8].
Published – August 19, 2025 08:01 pm IST
