Muni beats top seed Denim in tennis

Chandigarh, January 3

Muni Ananth Mani recorded a comeback win to topple top seed Denim Yadav in the boys’ U-16 main draw match during the ongoing ITF World Tour Tennis Juniors Tournament at the CLTA Complex in Sector 10.

Mani recorded (4-6, 6-3, 6-1) win to march ahead in the championship. Thailand’s T Boosarawongse overpowered Indian contender Daksh Prasad (6-1, 6-3), while Daksh Ashok Agarwal ousted Arunava Majumder (6-1, 6-1).

Indian contender Monil Lotlikar outplayed sixth seed Russian player Ilya Mukhin (6-4, 6-1). Fourth seed Rushil Khosla defeated Japanese Reiya Hattori (6-4, 7-5). Krish Tyagi outplayed Nepal’s Aarav Samrat Had (6-4, 6-2) and Anish Kundu overpowered Anirudh Sangra (6-3, 7-6(3)). Fifth seed Aayush P Bhat of the USA recorded a (4-6, 6-2, 6-3) win over Ronin Lotlikar. Bushan Haobam defeated Vineeth Mutyala (7-6(6), 6-3) in a closely contested match, while Japan’s Shingo Masuda defeated Sarthak Arora (6-3, 6-2). Thailand’s Poonthong Komopisut also moved ahead by defeating Udit Gogoi (6-0, 6-3) and second seed Indian player Yuvan Nandal ousted Manas Dhamne (6-4, 6-4) in straight sets.

Suhitha logs win

Top seed Suhitha Maruri recorded a straight set (6-3, 6-2) win over Sukhmani Bhandari to march ahead in the girls’ category. Anya Murthy of the USA defeated Indian contender H Narwal (6-2, 6-0), whereas Madhurima Sawant faced a tough resistance from R Mahajan before recording a (4-6, 6-0, 6-1) win. Indian contender Tamanna Takoria defeated Suhani Gaur (6-2, 2-6, 6-2) and fourth seed S Sirimalla outplayed Nepal’s Saloni Tamang (6-3, 6-1). Chahana Budhbhatti ousted Riya Kaushik (6-1, 6-1) and Sonal Patil defeated Diva Bhatia (7-5, 6-3). Indian contender Tejasvi Dabas recorded a (4-6, 6-1, 6-4) win over Saina Deshpande of the USA. Rutuja Chaphalkar of the USA defeated Lakshmi Gowda (6-1, 6-2), whereas third seed Vaishnavi Adkar outplayed Nandini Dixit (7-5(6), 6-1). R Gaikaiwari also earned a hard-fought win against Hannah Nagpal (6-4, 0-6, 6-1) and Renne Singla defeated Nepal’s Sharvani Shrestha (6-0, 6-2). — TNS