13.-19. In February, the new edition of the Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger will be held in the city of Manama. This event is part of the ATP Challenger Series, Class 125, and will be played on the hard courts of the Public Security Officers Club Qudaibiya. Split a week with Cherbourg and Chennai.
tournament results
Bahrain’s capital, Manama, will host its Challenger tournament for the second consecutive season after its absolute premiere on the calendar in 2022. In that only edition, the champion was India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan, now gone.
A great list of players in this Asian tournament with plenty of Australian representation among the main favourites. The best seed in the tournament is Jason Kublerfollowed by Christopher O’Connell y Alexei Popyrin, which complete the trio of favorites. Another Aussie-like presence also stands out in the pre-qualified batch Thanasi Kokkinakis, played his first tournament since the Australian Open, where he was eliminated in a historic match against Murray. The Italians Francesco Passaro y Matthew ArnaldiIn addition, they are among the seeded ones.
The only Spanish representative is The Battle of Oriol Roca, which is at the bottom of the painting. Another player to mention is Jordanian Abdullah Shelbayhtrained at the Rafa Nadal Academy.
Cuadro ATP Challenger 125 Manama
First round
(1) Jason Kubler (AUS) vs (SE) Stefano Travaglia (ITA)
(WC) Yusuf Qaed (BHR) vs David Michalski (POL)
(WC) Bekkhan Atlangeriev (RUS) vs (WC) Abedallah Shelbayh (JOR)
Vit Kopriva (Czech Republic) vs (7) Pavel Kotov (RUS)
(4) Francesco Passaro (ITA) vs Kaichi Uchida (JPN)
Lorenzo Giustino (ITA) vs Qualy
Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU) vs Marek Gengel (CZE)
Qualy vs (5) Matteo Arnaldi (ITA)
(6) Tomas Machac (CZE) vs Alessandro Giannessi (ITA)
Lloyd Harris (RSA) vs Qualy
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) vs Qualy
Maximilian Neuchrist (AUT) vs (3) Christopher O’Connell (AUS)
(8) Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS) vs Nerman Fatic (BIH)
Alexandre Muller (FRA) vs Oriol Roca Batalla (ESP)
Qualy vs Qualy
Otto Virtanen (FIN) vs (2) Aleksei Popyrin (AUS)
