Harneet stuns top seed in straight sets

Tribune News Service

Mohali, October 21

Harneet Singh stunned top seed Dilip Mohanty in straight sets 6-2/6-3 to sail into the men’s singles +35 final in the ongoing Roots-ITF Seniors International Ranking Championship here today.

He will face fourth seed Raj Kumar, who defeated Varun Makkar 6-4/6-0 in his semifinal tie. In the men’s singles 45+ semis, third seed Yogesh Kohli outplayed S Venkataraman 6-3/6-2 and Monty Roy thrashed Shyam Jagat 6-1/6-3.

Nirmal Rajan Kumar reached the men’s 55+ final as Sanjai Kumar conceded the match. Nirmal won the first set 6-3 and was leading 3-1, when Sanjai decided to leave the match. Second seed Ajeet Bharadwaj defeated fourth seed Kuldeep Singh 6-2/6-0. In the men’s 65+ semis, top seed Narender Janweja defeated Mridulal Barkakoti 6-4/6-1 and second seed Suresh Murthati ousted Vinayak Gujrathi 6-3/6-4.

In the men’s doubles 35+ semis, Raj Kumar and Dilip Mohanty defeated Vikas Gulia and Gurmeet Singh 4-1/4-0, while Manav Arora and Varun Kakkar was awarded walk over against Gulvir Singh and Saminder Singh.

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