Bengaluru Open 2025: Ramanathan-Myneni pair begin title defence with win; Anirudh-Ray also advance to quarterfinals

Wildcards Adil Kalyanpur and Karan Singh recovered from a set down to progress to the Bengaluru Open 2025 quarters.

Defending doubles champions Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni commenced their Bengaluru Open 2025 journey with straight sets win over Italian pair of Jacopo Berrettini and Enrico Dalla Valle at the KSLTA Courts on Wednesday. Ramkumar and Myneni, the most successful doubles winners in the tournament with three titles each–two of them achieved together, beat their opponents 6-3, 7-6(4) in one hour and 14 minutes to make it to the quarterfinals.

Aiming to add to their Bengaluru Open success, Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni stormed to a 4-1 lead after breaking the serve of their rivals in the fourth game. They wrapped up the opening set in under 30 minutes but faced stiff resistance in the second, as Berrettini and Dalla Valle broke the home favourites in the sixth game.

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The Indians, however, broke back immediately before taking the subsequent tiebreaker for a 6-3, 7-6(4) victory.

Ramkumar and Myneni will next face Hynek Barton and Eric Vanshelboim, who edged past Johannes Ingildsen and Ivan Liutarevich 6-3, 1-6, 13-11 in the pre-quarters.

In other doubles results, top seeds Anirudh Chandrasekar and Ray Ho recorded a 6-4, 6-4 win over Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta and Khumoyun Sultanov to progress to the last eight. The Indian-Taiwanese pairing showcased its brilliant teamwork and game understanding, achieving crucial breaks in the ninth games of both sets to wrap up the win in an hour and 13 minutes.

Wildcards Adil Kalyanpur and Karan Singh, meanwhile, came from a set down to beat compatriots Nitin Kumar Sinha and Manish Sureshkumar in a three-set-thriller. Chasing the match after a 6-1 drubbing in the first set, Adil and Karan retaliated with a 6-2 score in the second to force a tiebreaker.

Locked in at 4-4, the duo seized the upper hand before racing to a 10-4 win. Adil and Karan will next take on second seeds Blake Bayldon and Matthew Christopher Romios of Australia.

In the singles Round-of-16 ties of the day, Billy Harris continued to make the most of his second chance as he advanced to the quarters with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Czechia’s Marek Gengel. Furthermore, Australia’s James McCabe defeated Japan’s Rio Noguchi 7-6 5-7 7-6(5) in a hard-fought battle. He will now fight it out with Nicolas Mejia in the last eight, following the Colombian’s straight sets win over Blake Ellis.

Bengaluru Open 2025 Day 3 Results

Singles – Round of 16

• Nicolas Mejia (COL) defeated Blake Ellis (AUS) 6-1, 7-5
• [LL] Billy Harris (GBR) defeated Marek Gengel (CZE) 6-4, 6-3
• James McCabe (AUS) defeated Rio Noguchi (JPN) 7-5, 5-7, 7-6(5)
• [2] Tristan Schoolkate defeated Jurij Rodionov (AUT) (AUS) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2

Doubles – Round of 16

• [2] B Bayldon (AUS)/M Romios (AUS) defeated K Isomura (JPN)/K Van Wyk (RSA) 4-6, 6-3, 10-4
• [WC] A Kalyanpur (IND)/ K Singh IND) defeated [Alt] N Sinha (IND)/ M Sureshkumar (IND) 1-6, 6-2, 10-4
• S Myneni (IND)/R Ramanathan (IND) defeated J Berrettini (ITA)/E Dalla Valle (ITA) 6-3, 7-6(4)
• [1] A Chandrasekar (IND)/ R Ho (TPE) defeated S Karteek Reddy Ganta (IND)/K Sultanov (UZB) 6-4, 6-4
• [Alt] H Barton (CZE)/E Vanshelboim (UKR) defeated [3] J Ingildsen (DEN)/ Ilya Liutarevich 6-3, 1-6, 13-11
• N Mejia (COL)/B Tomic (AUS) defeated J Clarke (GBR)/B Ellis (AUS) 4-6, 6-3, 10-5

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