Bengaluru, Feb. 26 -- Defending champions Ramkumar Ramanathan and Saketh Myneni commenced their 2025 DafaNews Bengaluru Open campaign with a straight-sets victory over Italy's Jacopo Berrettini and Enrico Dalla Valle at the KSLTA Courts on Wednesday.
The Indian duo, the most successful doubles players in the tournament's history with three titles each, two of them as partners-secured a 6-3, 7-6(4) win in one hour and 14 minutes to advance to the quarterfinals.
Organised by the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA), the Bengaluru Open is an ATP Challenger 125 tournament with a prize pool of USD 200,000. It is currently India's biggest ATP Tour event, with the champion set to earn 125 ATP ranking points.
Ramkumar and Myneni made ...