Dheeraj kodancha srinivasan

Former Indian Davis Cupper: Shivank Bhatnagar of Indian scored an upset win over 14th seed Bharath Nishok Kumaran in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 to enter the final round of the qualifying of the Mandya Open 2024 at the PET Stadium here on Sunday.

The 23-year-old Shivank who is ranked 93 notches below Bharath on the ATP ranking, earned an early break in the second game and took a 3-0 lead. Both the players held their respective serves as Shivank took the set 6-3. The second set was keenly contested until the match was resolved via tie-breaker where Shivank didn’t give the 25 year old a semblance of a chance to grab the set and match winning the tie-break 7-1.

In other upset matches of the day, Faisal Qamar beat 15th seed Rohan Mehra 5-7, 6-4, 10-1 while Thijmen Loof of the Netherlands raced past 10th seed Imran Sibille of Morocco 6-1, 6-0.