TENNIS
Mukund Sasikumar loses in semifinals of ITF males’s tennis event in Lucknow
Evgeny Donskoy stepped it up on the crunch to beat Mukund Sasikumar 7-6(4), 7-5 within the semifinals of the $25,000 ITF males’s tennis event on the Ekaana Sports Complex on Saturday.
The champion of the final event in Delhi and a former top-65 participant, Donskoy served 12 aces and transformed 4 of 12 breakpoints to subdue Mukund.
On his half, Mukund did nicely to transform three of 12 breakpoints and had an opportunity to stretch the competition into the third set.
However, at 2-4 within the first set tie-break, Donskoy reeled off 5 factors in a row. In the second set, serving at 5-5 and down 0-40, Donskoy dropped solely one of many subsequent 10 factors to shut the competition.
In the ultimate, Donskoy will play Eric Vanshelboim who put out prime seed Nam Hoang Ly in three units.
In the doubles ultimate, Blake Ellis and Shuichi Sekiguchi beat Parikshit Somani and Manish Sureshkumar 10-8 within the tremendous tie-break. It was the second ultimate in a row for the Indian pair.
Results
Singles (semifinals): Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) bt Nam Hoang Ly (Vie) 6-1, 2-6, 6-3; Evgeny Donskoy bt Mukund Sasikumar 7-6(4), 7-5.
Doubles (ultimate): Blake Ellis (Aus) & Shuichi Sekiguchi (Jpn) bt Parikshit Somani & Manish Sureshkumar 6-2, 6-7(4), [10-8].
-Kamesh Srinivasan
India finishes fifth in Asia-Oceania Junior Worlds
India beat Hong Kong 2-0 and positioned fifth within the Asia-Oceania World Junior under-14 women tennis event in Kuching, Malaysia, on Saturday.
Japan beat Korea 2-0 within the ultimate, and prime seed Australia beat Kazakhstan 2-0 within the match for third place. The prime three groups certified for the World Group competitors to be performed later in Europe.
India had misplaced the quarterfinals to Kazakhstan and thus had misplaced the race for qualification.
Results (fifth place): India bt Hong Kong 2-0 (Harithashree Venkatesh bt Hu Tung Sze 6-3, 6-3; Maaya Rajeshwaran bt Yui Hei Hebe Leung 5-7, 6-2, [10-4]).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Result, AITA Nationals – Jalandhar
Kanishk Kathuria beat Jeffrey Kushwin 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 within the boys ultimate of the AITA National collection under-16 tennis event on the Singha Sports Academy.
In the ladies ultimate, Sejal Bhutada beat Aakruti Sonkusare for the lack of 4 video games. Sejal and Aakruti gained the doubles title.
RESULTS
Under-16 boys: Kanishk Kathuria bt Jeffrey Kushwin 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Doubles: Ranvir Singh & Dhananjay Tibrewal bt Aditya Acharya & Kaartikey Agassi 7-5, 7-5.
Under-16 women: Sejal Bhutada bt Aakruti Sonkusare 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles: Sejal Bhutada & Aakruti Sonkusare bt Yashika Shokeen & Divya Ungrish 6-3, 7-6(7).
-Kamesh Srinivasan
TENNIS
Vihaan Reddy wins ITF junior tennis event
Vihaan Reddy made it a hat-trick of titles as he beat Kandhavel Mahalingam 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3 within the boys ultimate of the ITF junior tennis event on the Bhilai Steel Sports Complex on Saturday.
The 13-year-old Vihaan had gained the final two tournaments in Gurugram and Dehra Dun. These are the primary three tournaments within the ITF circuit for him. He will probably be competing within the subsequent event in Madurai.
Prisha Shinde gained the ladies title, beating the highest seed Aishwarya Jadhav 6-2, 6-2.
The outcomes (finals): Boys: Vihaan Reddy bt Kandhavel Mahalingam 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-3. Girls: Prisha Shinde bt Aishwarya Jadhav 6-2, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan attain ultimate in ATP Challenger in Spain
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan beat the second seeds Marco Bortolotti and Sergio Gornes 6-2, 7-6(4) to arrange a title conflict in opposition to one other Indian staff of Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth within the €73,000 Challenger tennis event in Les Franqueses Del Valles, Spain.
RESULTS
€73,000 Challenger, Les Franqueses Del Valles, Spain Doubles (semifinals): Anirudh Chandrasekar & Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Jay Clarke (GBR) & Lorenzo Giustino (Ita) 7-5, 6-2; Purav Raja & Divij Sharan bt Marco Bortolotti (Ita) & Sergio Gornes (Esp) 6-2, 7-6(4).
$15,000 ITF males, Monastir, Tunisia Singles (first spherical): Alexandre Aubriot (Fra) bt Manas Dhamne 6-3, 6-0.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com