Rishabh beats S Kumar in straight sets

Tribune News Service

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Chandigarh, February 28

Rishabh Sharda of Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) defeated S Kumar Poorva in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 during the ongoing ITF Men’s Future Circuit Tennis Tournament, being held at the CLTA, Sector 10, here today. Rishabh was playing his first professional circuit match.
In another match of the tournament, Vikrant Dahiya (CHART) defeated Jairaj Sirohi 6-3, 6-1. In a well contested match, Digvijay Singh Mehta went down fighting to Aditya Deswal 7-6(1), 3-6, 6-4. The second round and final round matches will start tomorrow.
Results
Qualifying first round: Abdullah Shaikh bt. Deepender Bains 6-2, 6-4; Aditya Deswal bt Digavijay Singh Mehta 7-6(1), 3-6, 6-4; Sidharth Viswakarma bt Anshu Bhuyan 6-3, 6-7(4), 6-4; Garry Tokas bt Aditya Tewari 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Alex Solanki bt Parasdeep Singh Virk 6-1, 6-1; Rishabh Sharda bt. Poorva S Kumar 6-2, 6-3; Sarthak Sidhart bt. Maninder Singh 6-2, 6-1; Basil Khuma bt. Dalwinder Singh 6-3, 6-4; Chinmay Pradhan bt. Rohin Gajri 6-3, 6-2; Jajbir Saran bt. Yuvraj Chaudhary 6-7(3), 6-0, 6-2; Nihit Rawal bt. Medhir Goyal 6-3, 6-1; Jayesh Pungliya bt. Prajwal Dev 6-1, 6-1; Shahbaaz Khan bt. Roya Hobbs 6-4, 6-2; Vikrant Dahiya bt. Jairaj Sirohi 6-3, 6-1; Param Pun bt. Barun Gill 6-1, 6-2; Gurinder Singh bt. Yuvraj Singh 6-1, 6-4.