Pro Tennis League: Sahaja Yamalapalli stars as Bangalore Challengers beat Stag Babolat Yoddhas

Sahaja Yamalapalli overcame a troublesome begin to win her singles, doubles and combined doubles matches as she helped Bangalore Challengers to a 96-89 victory over Stag Babolat Yoddhas in a group-B match of the Pro Tennis League on the DLTA Complex on Friday.

One of the brightest prospects in Indian ladies’s tennis, the 22-year-old Sahaja, coaching with coach Cesar Morales in Bengaluru, was fairly fast on her toes, had a bristling forehand that brooked little resistance and an enviable web recreation with lightning volleys, in an entertaining efficiency.

Sahaja beat Kashish Bhatia 11-9 in singles, mixed with Sachi Sharma to overwhelm Riya Sachdeva and Kashish 10-5 and partnered Rishi Kapur to beat Kashish and Punar Bhasin 8-7.

Rishi Reddy and Ramkumar Ramanathan gained their matches for Bangalore, whereas Vijay Prashanth, Denim Yadav, Arjun Kadhe and Ajay Malik did their half nicely for Yoddhas.

With factors deciding the progress of groups, Yoddhas had been in a cushty place, together with Paramount Proec Tigers within the group.

Paramount was crushed 94-91 by Sankara, however was nonetheless in an excellent place within the race for semifinals. Divij Sharan and Parikshit Somani gained two doubles matches to assist Sankara’s trigger. Yashaswini Panwar, Sathwika Sama and Ashish Khanna additionally performed their function nicely. Sidharth Rawat beat Digvijay Pratap Singh 18-12 to bridge the hole for Tigers.

In group-A, DMG Delhi Crusaders was within the driver’s seat, because it beat Proveri Super Smashers with a convincing 105-80 margin for its second victory. Neeraj Yashpaul, Anirudh Chandrashekhar, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan, Kavya Khirwar, Jennifer Luikham and Swarandeep Singh performed a successful function for Delhi, whereas Niki Poonacha additionally added essential factors to maintain the lead.