India’s 17-year-old prodigy Manas Dhamne and seasoned campaigners Ramkumar Ramanathan and SD Prajwal Dev have been handed wild card entries for the singles most important draw of the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger 125 match, beginning right here on February 24.
India’s Manas Dhamne beat Italian Lorenzo Carboni 2-6, 6-0, 6-2 on the ITF M15 match in Monastir(HT_PRINT)
Kriish Tyagi and Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha will compete within the qualifying rounds as wild playing cards, seeking to safe a spot in the principle draw.
Dhamne, considered one of India’s most promising younger skills, has been energetic on the circuit for 2 years and not too long ago captured his first important title on the M15 Monastir in Tunisia.
{The teenager} has already etched his identify in historical past, changing into the youngest participant to win a first-round match on the junior Australian Open and the youngest to play a most important draw ATP Tour match in 2023.
Prajwal Dev and Ramanathan, in the meantime, carry many years of expertise to the match.
“Manas Dhamne’s rapid progress is exciting for Indian tennis, while Ramkumar and Prajwal Dev bring valuable experience to the field. We look forward to seeing how all our wild card entrants perform in the competition,” match director Sunil Yajman stated.
In the meantime, the doubles occasion will function 16 groups, cut up between 10 direct entries, 4 on-site acceptances, and two wild playing cards.
India’s Anirudh Chandrasekar and Chinese language Taipei’s Ray Ho enter because the highest-ranked duo in the principle draw, whereas Blake Bayldon and Matthew Christopher Romios kind the second-highest-ranked staff.
Contemporary from their Delhi Open last look, Niki Poonacha and Courtney John Lock are additionally anticipated to contend strongly.
Amongst different notable doubles entries, high singles seed Vit Kopriva will associate Marek Gengel in doubles, whereas former world No. 17 Bernard Tomic groups up with Colombia’s Nicolás Mejía.
India’s Siddhant Banthia and Parikshit Somani are additionally among the many direct entrants, strengthening dwelling illustration.