Tennis: Top seed Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan in pre-quarters

Chandigarh, March 20

Top seed Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan defeated Indian contender Manish Surshkumar 6-2 6-3 to advance into the men pre-quarterfinals at the ongoing M15 Chandigarh ITF World Tour Tennis Men’s (US$ 15K prize money) Tournament here today.

Second seed Ramkumar Ramanathan also marched ahead by getting the better of Manish Ganesh 6-3 6-2. Hitesh Chauhan struggled hard before logging a 6-2 3-6 7-5 win over Shanker Heisnam, while Siddharth Vishwakarma easily defeated Shivank Bhatnagar 6-2 6-0.

Thailand’s Thanapet Chanta defeated Rohan Mehra 6-2 6-4, while Nitin Kumar Sinha ousted Siddhant Banthia 6-4 6-3. Nam Hoang Ly of Vietnam outplayed Raghav Jaisinghani 6-0 6-2, and Chirag Duhan ousted Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul of Thailand 7-5 3-6 6-3.

In the men’s doubles (first round), Yunseok Jang and Woobin Shin defeated Shanker Heisnam and Ajay Kundu 6-1 6-1 and the team of Chirag Duhan and Yuichiro Inui ousted Oges Theyio Jaya Prakash and Neeraj Yashpaul 3-6 6-3 (10-7).