ITF Junior Tournament

Rethin Pranav.
| Photo Credit: Kamesh Srinivasan

Rethin Pranav sustained a robust sport proper by the match to beat doubles companion Moise Kouame of France 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 within the boys first spherical of the ITF junior tennis event on the DLTA Complex on Monday.

Rethin, who had misplaced to Moise twice previously, may have gained the match in straight units as he recovered from being down 1-Four within the second set to 5-4. But, he couldn’t serve it out. However, Rethin was again to his high-quality all-round sport within the decider to scotch the hopes of the French boy.

In the pre-quarterfinals, Rethin will play Makar Krivoshchkov.

Aarjun Pandit additionally scored a combating 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-Three victory over Lovro Maricic of Croatia. Wild card Shanker Heisnam obtained previous Seo Hyeon Seok of Korea, whereas Vihaan Reddy knocked out sixth seed Iliyas Maratuly of Kazakhstan 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-Four together with his sensible sport.

In the women part, Maaya Rajeshwaran performed a vibrant sport however couldn’t stretch it past the primary set, as she was overwhelmed 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-Three by the champion of the final event Maria Golovina.

The outcomes, first spherical:

Boys: Nikita Bilozertsev (Ukr) bt Jonas Kucera (Cze) 6-4, 6-3; Shanker Heisnam bt Seo Hyeon Seok 6-3, 6-4; Vihaan Reddy bt Iliyas Maratuly (Kaz) 7-6(4), 4-6, 6-4; Rohan Belday (USA) bt Pratyaksh 6-1, 6-2; Aarjun Pandit bt Lovro Maricic (Cro) 6-2, 6-7(3), 6-3; Makar Krivoshchekov bt Michael Jimenez (Sgp) 6-4, 6-1; Rethin Pranav bt Moise Kouame (Fra) 7-5, 5-7, 6-2; Duje Markovina (Cro) bt Egor Gorin 6-1, 6-2; Roman Kharlamov bt Debasis Sahoo 6-3, 6-0; Jaden Tan (Ina) bt Pham La Hoang Anh (Vie) 6-2, 6-2; Luc Wieland (Sui) bt Cho Se yuk (Kor) 2-6, 6-3, 7-5; Vojtech Vales (Cze) bt Arnav Paparkar 7-5, 6-3. 

Girls: Lidia Podgorichani (Tha) bt Laxmisiri Dandu 6-3, 6-1; Jo-Leen Saw (Mas) bt Navy Dabas 6-1, 6-0; Aoi Watanabe (Jpn) bt Harshini Nagaraj 6-3, 6-3; Maayan Laron (Isr) bt Aishi Bisht 6-2, 6-0; Tzeng Mu-Jie (Tpe) bt Kira Bataikina 6-1, 6-3; Petra Konjikusic (Srb) bt Aakruti Sonkusare 6-1, 6-0; Polina Berezina bt Yu-Chen Lin (Tpe) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Daria Shadchneva bt Tejasvi Dabas 6-0, 7-6(2); Maria Golovina bt Maaya Rajeshwaran 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-3.