Bengaluru Open 2023: India's Anirudh-Prashanth storm into doubles final

They beat Indo-Austrian pair Arjun Kadhe and Max Neuchrist in the last four stage.

Indian pair of Anirudh Chandrasekhar and N Vijay Sundar Prashanth extended their excellent form at the DafaNews Bengaluru Open 2023 to enter the doubles final after beating the fourth-seeded Arjun Kadhe and Max Neuchrist 7-6 (1), 4-6, 10-2 at the KSLTA Stadium on Friday.

Anirudh and Prashanth are the only Indians remaining in the tournament as the country‘s campaign was ended in the singles with the exit of Sumit Nagal on Thursday. The duo registered a hard-fought win in an exciting three-setter semi-final against the Indo-Austrian pair and will play the final on Saturday.

The prestigious ATP Challenger event is being organised by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) at the KSLTA Stadium in Bengaluru.

In the singles quarter-finals, Hamad Medjedovic of Serbia toppled No. 1 seed Chun-Hsin Tseng of Taipei. Medjedovic employed his power-packed serve and ground shots to telling effect to carve a 6-1, 6-2 win over his fancied opponent. The extent of Medjedovic’s dominance was evident from the fact that he managed to effect five breaks in the match.

Medjedovic will face Max Purcell in the semi-finals on Saturday. Purcell, the defending doubles champion in Wimbledon, outperformed Luca Nardi of Italy 6-2, 6-0.

Earlier, second-seeded James Duckworth of Australia, who was once ranked No. 46 in the world, also entered the Last-4 with a clinical 6-4, 6-1 win over Dimitar Kuzmanov of Bulgaria.

Another Australian James McCabe, who came through qualifiers, also booked his berth in the semi-finals, beating Harold Mayot France 6-3, 7-6 (4).

Day 6 Results (February 24)

Doubles semi-Finals

Anirudh Chandrasekar/N Vijay Sundar Prashanth beat (4) Arjun Kadhe/Maximilian Neuchrist (7-6(1), 4-6, 10-2)

(1) Marc Polmans/Max Pucell vs Yunseong Chung/Yu Hsiou Hsu

Singles Quarter-Finals

(2) James Duckworth beat (8) Dimitar Kuzmanov (6-4, 6-1)

Max Purcell beat (5) Luca Nardi (6-2, 6-0)

Hamad Medjedovic beat Chun-Hsin Tseng (6-1, 6-2)

(Q) James McCabe beat (Alt) Harold Mayot (6-3, 7-6 (4))