ITF Senior Tennis Tournament : Tuleswor Thongbam in +45 men's singles semis
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 08 2019:
Tuleswor Thongbam, Sudhakar Reddy Dandala, Ravi Shankar, and Yogesh Kohli entered into the semi-finals of the above 45 years men's singles competition today in the ITF Senior Tennis Tournament which is underway at Officers' Club Tennis Court, Lamphelpat under the aegis of Manipur Tennis Association.
Tuleswor Thongbam made it to the semi-finals of the above 45 years men's singles competition beating Maibam Ranjan Singh 6-4, 6-2 in an all Manipuri quarter final clash today.
M Ranjan entered in the quarter final with a 6-4, 6-1 win against Huidrom Sanatomba Singh yesterday.
In the quarter final clash held at Court No 4, Sudhakar Reddy Dandala eased to a -2, 6-3 win against Amitabh Chaturvedi and set up semifinal date with Tuleswor Thongbam.
Ravi Shankar Singh who carved out a 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 today in a quarter final match against Asheesh Malpani will take on Yogesh Kolhi tomorrow in the other semi-final match.
Yogesh Kohli who got a bye yesterday strolled past Kangjamba Meitei 6-1, 6-3 in another quarter final match of the day to ensure the semifinal berth.
In the above 55 years men's singles competition, Ajeet Bhardwaj, Suresh Murthati, Dilip Singh Nongmaithem, Rajan Beri, Kumar Sanjal and Yumnam Ibotombi Singh were able to confirm their places in the quarter finals.
Ajeet Bhardwaj made it to the last 8 round with an easy 6-2, 6-3 win against Vijay Desai today.
In the quarter final, Ajeet will meet Suresh Murthati who strolled 6-1, 6-1 past Lakshmibanta Aribam in another pre quarter final match of the day.
Nongmaithem Dilip Singh who got a first round bye, enjoyed an easy 6-1, 6-1 win against Chingangbam Leishemsana today to set up quarter final date with N Revanasiddaiah who held off Beri Rajan 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 in another pre-quarter final match.
Kumar Sanjal eased into the quarter final with a 6-0, 6-1 win against Hansaraj Patil while Yumnam Ibotombi Singh earned a 6-3, 6-1 win against Sharad TAK to advance into the quarter finals.
The day also saw Gambhir TS down Sougrakpam Ranjit 7-5, 6-4 and Sunil Sood outlast Binoo John 6-1, 6-1 to advance into last 16 round of the above 55 years men's singles competition.
Meanwhile in the above 35 years men's singles competition, Indrakumar Khangembam thrashed Ngamkholen Haokip 6-1, 6-0; Kannan Sethu overwhelmed K Chandrasekhar 6-0, 6-2; Rajesh Jain outlasted Dinesh Chandra Suyal 6-3, 7-6 (5) and Syed Babar Mahmood Zaidi saw off Kapil Parekh 6-2 .
6-1 to move into the quarter finals.