Derepasko shocks fourth seed Palan in Hyderabad Open
Timofei Derepasko caused a major upset by defeating fourth seed Dominik Palan, while top seed Max Houkes also advanced, as the men’s singles pre-quarterfinals concluded at the Hyderabad Open ITF tennis tournament on Thursday
Hyderabad: Timofei Derepasko shocked fourth-seeded Dominik Palan of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-2 in the men’s singles pre-quarterfinal of the Hyderabad Open ITF tennis tournament at the Lake View Tennis Academy here on Thursday.
In another match, top-seeded Max Houkes of The Netherlands scored a 6-1, 7-5 win against Indonesia’s M Rifqi Fitriadi.
Timofei Derepasko bt Dominik Palan (4) (CZE) 6-2, 6-3;
The results: Pre-quarterfinals:
Singles: Karan Singh bt Ishaque Eqbal 7-5, 3-6, 6-1; Manish Suresh Kumar bt Sidharth Rawat 3-0, retired; Keshav Chopra (USA) bt Rohan Mehra 6-4, 5-3, retired; Max Houkes (NED) bt M Rifqi Fitriadi (INA) 6-1, 7-5; Aziz Ouakaa (TUN) bt Seonyong Han (KOR) 6-3, 6-2; Jeffrey Von Der Schulenburg (SUI) bt James Van Herzeele (THA) 6-2, 6-4; Timofei Derepasko bt Dominik Palan (CZE) 6-2, 6-3; Thanapet Chanta (THA) bt Pawit Sornlaksup (8) (THA) 6-4, 6-0.
Doubles: Lomakin and Eqbal bt Mehra and Kamat w/o; Vardhan and Ganta bt Suresh Kumar and Lakshmanan 6-2, 6-3; Derepasko and Leong (MAS) bt Sharma and Javya 6-3, 6-7 (3), 10-7; Eric and Jeffrey bt Kabir and James 6-1, 6-2.
