Sangai Invitation Tennis Tournament gets underway
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 22 2018:
The Sangai Invitation Tennis Tournament 2018 organised by Imphal District Tennis Association (IDTA) and Association of Senior Tennis Players Manipur (ASTPM) under the aegis of Manipur Tennis Association (MATA) began today at the Complex of IDTA, Lamphelpat.
The tournament is being organised as a part of the Manipur Sangai Festival, 2018.The groundstroke game, began with the first round of the 35(+) Singles beating Prakash by Setlu Kanan 8-2.Suraj defeated Aken 8-5, Zaidai Babar beat Birla 8-3.Match between Jiten and A Prem ended 8-3 in favour of Jiten.
Bona thrashed N Prem 8-0 in another match while R Hanu got a walkover as R Shridhar failed to turn up.
Rakesh beat Ch Pritam 8-3 in another match while DC Sugal managed a 8-3 win over Rupam.
Sethu Kanan also sealed a 8-0 win over Suraj while Zaidi eged over Jiten by 8-4 points before Bona sealed a 8-3 over Hanu .
DC Sugal also secured a 8-3 win over Rakesh in another match.
In the 45 (+) Singles clashes, Pradeep beat Aldrin 8-5; Ibohal thrashed Pratap 8-0; Yogesh Kohli beat D Panmei 8-2 and Ibohal edged past Ranjan 8-7 (7-4).The 45(+) doubles competition with Pratap and Ningtamba drubbing Balkrisna and Ranjan 8-0.Jayanta-Aldrin duo overcame Avinash-William 8-1 in another clash while Romeo and Pradeep paired managed a 8-4 win over Leishemba and Kuber Nabin and D Panmei prevailed over Tomba-Ranjit pari to seal a 8-2 in another match of the same category.
In the 55(+) doubles, Ranjit-Tomba duo got a walk over while Leishemba and Kuber smashed Ibungmacha-Lemba pair 8-0.In the 45(+) Singles (Group B) clashes, Hitender Panwar outlasted Ibungomacha 8-1; Romeo defeated William 8-7 (7-4) and Manikanta got the better of Iboton by 8-5 points.
The Sangai Invitation Tennis Tournament 2018 which commenced today will be held at various tennis courts located at THAU, ATL (CYCL) and SEYO (Akampat) till November 29, 2018 .