An action-packed second day at the Bengaluru Open 2024 has come to an end. The ATP Challenger 100 tournament saw 14 matches (11 singles and 3 doubles) get underway at the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association.
The day turned out to be a successful one for the seeded players. In singles, all five seeded players went through, with the top seed, Luca Nardi, facing the most resistance. The remaining seeds, Sumit Nagal (2) beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux, Oriol Roca Batalla (8), Benjamin Bonzi (4), and Hong Seong-chan (9) all went through in straight sets.
With only three doubles matches scheduled, the number three seeds, N Sriram Balaji and Andre Begemann, crashed out in a tough three-setter. Wildcards and Indian duo Manish Sureshkumar and Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta also bowed out in straight sets.
Bengaluru Open 2024, Day 2 Round-up: Scores
[2] Sumit Nagal beat Geoffrey Blancaneaux (6-2, 6-2)
Manish Sureshkumar and Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta lose to Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine and Maxime Janvier (2-6, 6-7)
[3] N Sriram Balaji and Andre Begemann lose to Mark Wallner and Jakob Schnaitter (6-3, 4-6, 10-12)
[8] Oriol Roca Batalla beat Jason Tseng (7-5, 6-3)
[1] Luca Nardi beat Dan Added (3-6, 6-3, 7-6)
[4] Benjamin Bonzi beat Philip Sekulic (6-3, 6-2)
[9] Hong Seong-chan beat Tristan Schoolkate (6-4, 6-3)
Maks Kasnikowski beat Wu Tung-lin (7-5, 6-2)
Alexey Zakharov beat Samuel Vincent Ruggeri (6-2, 7-5)
Tristan Boyer beat Bernand Tomic (3-6, 6-3, 6-3)
Chak Lam Coleman Wong beat Raphael Collignon (6-4, 7-6)
Vasek Pospisil beat Eric Vanshelboim (7-6, 3-6, 6-4)
Enrico Dalla Valle beat Evgeny Donskoy (6-2, 7-5)
Kaichi Uchida and Francis Alcantara beat Hong Seong-chan and Chak Lam Coleman Wong (6-1, 1-6, 10-5)
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