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TENNIS
ITF men’s tournament results
Karan Singh beat top seed Digvijay Pratap Singh 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the Ahmedabad City Tennis Foundation courts on Thursday.
It was the first victory in two meetings in the professional circuit for the 20-year-old Karan over Digvijay, who had beaten him in Colombo last year.
In the semifinals, Karan will play Ishaque Eqbal. The other semifinal will be between Sidharth Rawat and Florent Bax of France.
In the doubles semifinals, SD Prajwal Dev and Nitin Kumar Sinha beat the national doubles champions Sai Karteek Reddy and Manish Sureshkumar 6-7(4), 6-2, [10-6]. The Indian pair will play the Dutch team of Thijmen Loof and Stijn Pel in the final.
The results:
Singles (quarterfinals): Karan Singh bt Digvijay Pratap Singh 5-7, 7-5, 6-3; Ishaque Eqbal bt SD Prajwal Dev 6-3 (retired); Sidharth Rawat bt Raghav Jaisinghani 6-3, 7-5; Florent Bax (Fra) bt Stijn Pel (Ned) 7-6(5), 6-2.
Doubles (semifinals): SD Prajwal Dev & Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Sai Karteek Reddy & Manish Sureshkumar 6-7(4), 6-2, [10-6]; Thijmen Loof & Stijn Pel (Ned) bt Siddhant Banthia & Vishnu Vardhan 7-6(6), 4-6, [10-8].
– Kamesh Srinivasan
Strong start for Prakaash Sarran in the National sub-junior championship
Prakaash Sarran played a strong game to beat second seed Tavish Pahwa 6-4, 6-2 in the under-14 boys quarterfinals of the Fenesta National sub-junior tennis championship at the DLTA Complex on Thursday.
Prakaash Sarran in the under-14 boys quarterfinals of the Fenesta National sub-junior tennis championship.
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In the semifinals, Prakaash will play Ranvir Singh who beat Shivtej Shirfule 7-5, 6-1. In the under-14 girls event, Prisha Shinde beat the top seed Diya Ramesh in straight sets.
In the under-16 girls section, Rishitha Basireddy recovered from being down 1-5 in the third set, saved a couple of matchpoints, to beat Harithashree Venkatesh 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
The results (quarterfinals):
Under-16 boys: Shanker Heisnam bt Arnav Yadav 6-4, 6-3; Pratyush Loganathan bt Levin Safoor Mydeen 6-3, 6-3; V Thirumurugan bt Kabir Chothani 6-4, 7-5; Prabir Chavda bt Armaan Walia 7-6(7), 6-2. Under-16 girls: Laxmi Siri Dandu bt Sanjana Sangram 7-5, 6-1; Aishi Bisht bt Prisha Shinde 6-2, 6-0; Rishitha Basireddy bt Harithashree Venkatesh 6-3, 3-6, 7-5; N Harshini bt Aakruti Sonkusare 6-4, 6-3. Under-14 boys: Hruthik Katakam bt M Diganth 6-0, 6-0; Anurag Kallambella bt Saksham Bhansali 6-2, 6-4; Ranvir Singh bt Shivtej Shirfule 7-5, 6-1; Prakaash Sarran bt Tavish Pahwa 6-4, 6-2. Under-14 girls: Prisha Shinde bt Diya Ramesh 6-2, 6-4; Shaivi Dalal bt Prachi Malik 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Anandita Upadhyay bt Aahan 6-4, 6-0 Aleena Farid bt Havisha Choudhary 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
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