Top seed edges out Sumit Nagal in second round
Sumit won seven ATP points and €2,450.
In the $30,000 ITF women's event in Tauste, Spain, Ankita Raina reached the quarterfinals with a 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Maria Vaquero.
The results:
€145,250 Challenger, Poznan, Poland
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Cristian Garin (Chi) bt Sumit Nagal 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
€54,000 Challenger, Royan, France
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Adil Kalyanpur & Parikshit Somani bt Simone Agostini (Ita) Mario Mansilla Diez (Esp) 0-6, 6-3, [10-5].
$30,000 ITF men, Luzhou, China
Singles (first round): Yuki Mochizuki (Jpn) bt S Mukund 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.
$30,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first round): Pavlos Tsitsipas (Gre) bt Karan Singh 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Olaf Pieczkowski (Pol) & Karan Singh bt Fabrizio Andaloro & Leonardo Rossi (Ita) 6-3, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Nyiregyhaza, Hungary
Singles (first round): Gabriele Noce (Ita) bt Rethin Pranav 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first round): Dev Javia bt Liam Delicata (Mlt) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Luca Pow (GBR) bt Prajwal Dev 3-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Liam Delicata (Mlt) & Breno Urvaneja (Bra) 6-1, 7-6(2).
$30,000 ITF women, Tauste, Spain
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Ankita Raina bt Maria Vaquero (Esp) 2-6, 6-4, 6-3; First round: Vaishnavi Adkar bt Arina Arifullina 6-2, 6-3.
$30,000 ITF women, Chinese Taipei
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Vaidehi Chaudhari & Natsumi Kawaguchi (Jpn) bt Yuka Hosoki & Junri Namigata (Jpn) 6-4, 2-6, [16-14].
$30,000 ITF women, Wichita, USA
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Martina Okalova (Svk) & Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Taylor Gruber & Hibah Shaikh (USA) 6-1, 6-1.
$15,000 ITF women, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first round): Zeel Desai Joody Elkady (Egy) 6-3, 7-5.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Manal Ennaciri (Mar) & Gloriana Nahum (Ben) bt Diva Bhatia & Snehal Mane 6-2, 6-4.
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