Drona moves into next round

On the opening day of the M15 Chandigarh ITF World Tour Tennis Tournament, at Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA), Sector 10, India’s Drona Walia easily defeated Udit Kamboj 6-4 6-3 to march into the second qualifying round.

Sarthak Sudan also marched ahead by defeating Rishit Dakhane 6-3 6-1, while Suraj R Prabodh blanked Keerthivassan Suresh 6-0 6-2. Korea’s Guen Jun Kim faced some resistance against Indian challenger Dharmil Shah before logging a 5-7 6-1 10-1 win for the second qualifying round, while Caheer Warik blanked Sajal Kesarwani easily with a 6-3 6-3 verdict.

Priyanshu Choudhary also jumped into the next round by recording a 6-3 6-4 win over Arthav Neema and Dalwinder Singh defeated Vatsal Manikantan 6-4 6-2. Bushan Haobam also logged an identical 6-4 6-2 win over Aditya Vardhan Duddupudi, while Minjonq Park of Korea defeated Bathrinath Lohitaksha in straight sets 6-3 6-2. Neeraj Yashpaul defeated Hanu Verma 6-1 6-2 and Arjun Rathi was leading 6-1 against Oges Theyjo Jaya Prakash, when the latter conceded the match.

Faisal Qamar defeated Shubh Negi 6-2 6-4, Mukil Ramanan posted a 6-4 6-3 win over Shourya Manik and Jagmeet Singh ousted Rishabhdev Rajshekhar Raman 6-2 6-1 in some straight sets results. Italian contender, Filiberto Fumagalli defeated Makar Elesin 6-3 6-1 and Deep Munim won the last qualifying match by defeating Anurag Agarwal 7-6 7-5.