Saketh Myneni stumbled a step before the final in men\u2019s singles at the KPIT-MSLTA ATP Challenger, then recovered his poise and form to clinch the doubles title, partnering Sanam Singh at the Shiv Chhatrapati Tennis Complex.<\/p>\n
The pair shared $3100 and gained 90 points each, winning 6-3, 6-2 against the top-seeded pair of Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana from Thailand.<\/p>\n
Japan\u2019s tireless Yuichi Sugita won the first semifinal against the big-serving Indian 7-6(6), 6-4.<\/p>\n
He runs into a tough final opponent in Spain Adrian Menendez Maceras, whose wristy strokeplay and kick-serve clinched the intense second semifinal against Belgium\u2019s Kimmer Coppejans.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had my chances, but he played the key points well,\u201d said Saketh.Saketh faced difficulty against a rival prepared to chase down everything. Sugita was down 0-3 and 3-5 in the first set, both times he clawed back and drew level. In the tie-break, the Japanese saved a set-point at 5-6 to win the set and nose ahead.<\/p>\n
The first set loss appeared to be playing on the Indian\u2019s mind and fatigue took over in the second.<\/p>\n
He showed a spark till 4-4 but was broken again in the 10th by the confident Japanese. Saketh gained 33 ATP points and $ 510 from the singles, going below 250 for the first time in his career, will finish at 243 after two Challenger weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cSingles is priority. We were having fun in the doubles,\u201d said the lanky Indian.<\/p>\n
His fierce serves and Sanam\u2019s service returns and volleying proved a potent combination against the Ratiwatana twins.<\/p>\n
The results:<\/b><\/p>\n
Semifinal<\/b>\u00a0s:<\/b>\u00a0Yuichi Sugita (Jpn) bt Saketh Myneni (Ind) 7-6(6), 6-4; Adrian Menendez Maceiras (Esp) bt Kimmer Coppejans (Bel) 7-5, 7-6 (4).<\/p>\n
Doubles final:<\/b>\u00a0Saketh Myneni & Sanam Singh (Ind) bt Sanchai Ratiwatana & Sonchat Ratiwatana (Tha) 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Saketh Myneni stumbled a step before the final in men\u2019s singles at the KPIT-MSLTA ATP Challenger, then recovered his poise and form to clinch the doubles title, partnering Sanam Singh at the Shiv Chhatrapati Tennis Complex. The pair shared $3100 and gained 90 points each, winning 6-3, 6-2 against the top-seeded pair of Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana from Thailand. Japan\u2019s tireless Yuichi Sugita won the first semifinal against the big-serving Indian 7-6(6), 6-4. He runs into a tough final opponent in Spain Adrian Menendez Maceras, whose wristy strokeplay and kick-serve clinched the intense second semifinal against Belgium\u2019s Kimmer Coppejans. \u201cI had my chances, but he played the key points well,\u201d said Saketh.Saketh faced difficulty against a rival prepared to chase down everything. Sugita was down 0-3 and 3-5 in the first set, both times he clawed back and drew level. In the tie-break, the Japanese saved a set-point at 5-6 to win the set and nose ahead. The first set loss appeared to be playing on the Indian\u2019s mind and fatigue took over in the second. He showed a spark till 4-4 but was broken again in the 10th by the confident Japanese. Saketh gained 33 ATP points and….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2014-news","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2550,"href":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2546\/revisions\/2550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kpittennis.com\/challengers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}