Chennai, Feb. 11 -- Top seeded Jay Clarke of Great Britian suffered a shocking first round exit from the Singles event at the Chennai Open ATP Challenger Men's International Tennis Championship currently underway at the SDAT Stadium, here on Wednesday.
However, the top two seeded Indian pairs in doubles--Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha / Pruchya Isaro and Saketh Myneni / Siddhant Banthia--advanced to the quarterfinals, evenas Ioannis Xilas of Greece scored a 4-6, 4-6 hard fought up set win over Jay Clarke in the Singles.
Clarke, ranked No. 183 in the ATP rankings, broke Greece's Ioannis Xilas early in the first set to take a 3-0 lead. But the 24-year-old Xilas struck back strongly, breaking serve and controlling the match to register a 6-4, 6-4 w...