Sinha, Singh , Vardhan enter quarterfinals at MSLTA 25K Mens ITF Tennis Tournament
Mumbai, November 14: Wild card Nitin Kumar Sinha , Qualifier Vishnu Vardhan and seventh seeded Karan Singh kept the Indian flag flying making it to the quarterfinals 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.
In the second round played today wild card and national mens Runner up Nitin Kumar Sinha proved to wily for Manish Sureshkumar to carve out a 6-4, 6-3 win , seventh seeded Karan Singh proved too strong for Rishab Agarwal winning 6-2, 6-0 , former Olympian and qualifier Vishnu Vardhan led 4-3 against fourth seeded Sasikuma Mukund who conceded the match midway due to sickness . In the last eight encounter Vishnu will take on Karan Singh ensuring an Indian Player in the Semifinals
Top seeded Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan was given a fight in the first set by Dev Javia before winning 7-5, 6-3 , in the quarters Sultanov will take on Adhithya Ganesan of USA who entered the event as Junior Exempt , the young lad stopped the winning run of Wildcard Siddhant Banthia winning 6-3, 6-3 .
Fifth seed Bogdan Bobrov also halted the good run of qualifier and seventeen year old Yuvan Nandal 6-2, 6-4 , while sixth seeded Egor Agafonov proved too crafty for another youngster Aryan Shah winning 6-1, 6-3. Last week's winner at Bhubaneshwar and second seeded Dalibor Svercina of the Czech Republic looked sharp and title favourite this week too accounting for Russian Maxim Zhukov 6-3, 6-3
Singles: Second Round:
Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) [1] bt Dev Javia(Ind) 7-5, 6-3
Adhithya Ganesan(USA) bt (WC)Siddhant Banthia (Ind) 6-3, 6-3
(WC) Nitin Kumar Sinha (Ind) bt Manish Sureshkumar (Ind) 6-4, 6-3
(WC) Nitin Kumar Sinha (Ind) bt Manish Sureshkumar (Ind) 6-4, 6-3
Bogdan Bobrov [5](Rus) bt (Q)Yuvan Nandal (Ind) 6-2, 6-4
Karan Singh (Ind) [7] bt Rishab Agarwal (Ind) 6-2, 6-0
Vishnu Vardhan (Ind) bt Sasikumar Mukund[4] (Ind) 4-3 retd;
Egor Agafonov [6] bt Aryan Shah (Ind) 6-1, 6-3
Dalibor Svercina([2](Cze) bt Maxim Zhukov(Rus) 6-3, 6-3
Doubles: Quarterfinal Round:
Egor Agafonov/Bogdan Bobrov [1] bt Eqbal Ishaq/Faisal Qamar(Ind) 7-5, 6-4;
Aryan Shah(Ind)/Adhithya Ganesan(USA) bt Yuta Kawahashi/Kazuki Nishiwaki(Jpn) 3-6,6-3, 10-7
Aryan Shah(Ind)/Adhithya Ganesan(USA) bt Yuta Kawahashi/Kazuki Nishiwaki(Jpn) 3-6,6-3, 10-7
M Rifqi Fitriadi(INA)/Jang Yunseok(Kor) bt Siddhant Banthia/Vishnu Vardhan[3](Ind) 6-4, 7-6(4);
SD Prajwal Dev/Adil Kalyanpur(Ind)[2] bt Dev Javia/Karan Singh(Ind) 7-6(3), 6-4;