Maharashtra State Tennis Association

Top seeded Bax saves four match points to scrape past Mukund to meet Siddarth Rawat in semifinals at MSLTA $25K ITF Men’s Tournament

Mumbai, March 20, 2026: Top seeded Florent Bax of France saved four match points to overcome seventh seed Sasikumar Mukund 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(3) in a marathon contest lasting over three hours to enter the mens singles semifinals at the MSLTA $25,000 ITF Men’s Tennis Tournament, organized by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association at the Dr. G.A. Ranade Tennis Centre.

In the semifinals he took on India’s Sidharth Rawat who made a strong statement, ousted fourth seed Italian Alexandr Binda 6-4, 4-0 before the latter was forced to retire.

Fifth seed Philip Sekulic registered a solid 7-5, 6-3 win over Timofei Derepasko of Russia , Sekulic will take on Sweden’s Leo Borg delivered a dominant performance, toppling second seed Luca Castelnuovo 6-0, 6-2 in under an hour.

In the doubles semifinals, the top-seeded Indian pair of Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan and Ramkumar Ramanathan cruised past Alexandr Binda and Timofei Derepasko 6-3, 6-4 to enter the final. The Indian top seeds will take on the duo of Leo Borg and Yurii Dzhavakian also progressed to the final with a 6-3, 6-2 win stopping the good run of local wildcards India’s Anup Bangargi and Nirav Shetty.

Results: Singles: Quarterfinal Round:

Florent Bax(1)(Fra) bt Sasikumar Mukund(7)(Ind) 6-2, 4-6, 7-6(3);

Sidharth Rawat(Ind) bt Alexandr Binda(4)(Ita) 6-4, 4-0;

Philip Sekulic(5)(Aus) bt Timofei Derepasko 7-5, 6-3;

Leo Borg(Swe) bt Luca Castelnuovo(2)(Sui) 6-0, 6-2;

Doubles: Semifinal Round:

Jeevan Neduncehzhiyan/Ramkumar Ramnathan(Ind)(1) bt Alexandr Binda(Ita)/Timofei Derepasko 6-3, 6-4;

Leo Borg(Swe)/Yurii Dzhavakian(Ukr) bt Anup Bangargi/Nirav Shetty(Ind) 6-3, 6-2;