TENNIS | Yuta Shimizu knocks out top seed Benjamin Bonzi
The HinduYuta Shimizu played energetic strokes with admirable accuracy to beat the top seed and former world No. 42 Benjamin Bonzi 7-5, 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals of the Dafa News $82,000 Delhi Open Challenger tennis at the DLTA Complex on Wednesday. The champions of the first two Challengers in Chennai and Bengaluru, top seeded Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan were not at their best and were beaten in straight sets by Jakob Schnaitter and Mark Wallner of Germany. The results : Singles: Yuta Shimizu bt Benjamin Bonzi 7-5, 6-4; Enrico Dalla Valle bt Federico Gaio 7-6, 6-1; Coleman Wong w/o Valentin Vacherot ; Tristan Schoolkate bt Goncalo Oliveira 6-3, 7-6. Doubles: Jakob Schnaitter & Mark Wallner bt Saketh Myneni & Ramkumar Ramanathan 6-4, 6-4; M Rifki Fitriadi & Ryuki Matsuda bt Rithvik Bollipalli & Niki Poonacha 7-6, 4-6, ; Piotr Matuszewski & Matthew Romios w/o Enrico Dalla Valle & Goncalo Oliveira ; Arjun Kadhe & Jeevan Nedunchzhiyan bt Seongchan Hong & Soonwoo Kwon 7-6, 6-3.