Wildcard Banthia Upsets eighth Seeded Vishwakarma at MSLTA 25K Mens ITF Tennis Tournament
Mumbai, November 13: Pune Boy Siddhant Banthia justified the wild card awarded to him by the organisers as he upset eighth seed and Davis Cupper Siddharth Vishwakarma 7-5, 6-2 to enter the second round of the singles at the MSLTA 25K Mens ITF Tennis Tournament being organised by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) and played at GA Ranade Tennis court.
Banthia took 1 hour 14 minutes to put out Vishwakarma who made his Davis Cup debut in Sweden , Banthia will take on Adithya Ganeshan of USA in the round of sixteen. Qualifier Vishnu Vardhan showed fighting qualities as he outlasted another qualifier Ishaque Eqbal 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in a 2 hour and 23 minutes battle.
Seventeen year old qualifier Yuvan Nandal carved out a 7-6(2), 6-2 win over another qualifier Abhinav Shanmugam, another youngster Aryan Shah rallied past Dheeraj Kodancha Srinivasan 6-3,7-6(6) , while seventh seed Karan Singh put out American Nick Chappell 6-3,7-6(6) .
Other Indians including Wild card Nitin Kumar Sinha , Manish Sureshkumar , Rishab Agarwal , fourth seed Sasikumar Mukund also moved into the second round of the singles
Singles: First Round:
Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) [1] bt Adil Kalyanpur (Ind) 6-2, 6-1;
Vishnu Vardhan (Ind) bt Ishaque Eqbal (Ind) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3;
(WC)Siddhant Banthia (Ind) bt Siddharth Vishwakarma (Ind) [8] 7-5, 6-2;
(Q)Yuvan Nandal (Ind) bt (Q)Abhinav Shanmugam (Ind) 7-6(2), 6-2;
(WC) Nitin Kumar Sinha (Ind) bt Rishi Reddy (Ind) 6-3, 6-4;
Manish Sureshkumar (Ind) bt (LL)Yunseok Jang(Kor)6-4, 2-6, 6-1;
Bogdan Bobrov [5](Rus) bt Yuta Kawahashi (Jpn)1-6, 6-4, 6-2;
Egor Agafonov [6] bt Udit Kamboj (Ind)4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4);
Aryan Shah (Ind) bt Dheeraj Kodancha Srinivasan (Ind) 6-3,7-6(6)
Rishab Agarwal (Ind) bt M Rifqi Fitriadi (Ina) 7-6(5),2-6,6-4
Sasikumar Mukund[4] (Ind) bt Sidharth Rawat (Ind) 7-6(5), 6-4;
Karan Singh (Ind) [7] bt Nick Chappell (Usa) 6-3,7-6(6)