AITA 1-Lakh Men's Open Tennis Tourney : State quartet move into men's singles quarters
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 21 2023:
Manipur's Heisnam Shanker, Sagolshem Bhicky, Haobam Bhusan and Senjam Ashwajit moved into the quarters of the men's singles competition in the ongoing AITA 1-Lakh Men's Open Tennis Tournament hosted by IDTA here in Imphal.
Shanker pulled off a 6-7 (7-9), 6-2, 6-3 win over Shaikh Azmeer of Maharashtra today to reach the quarters.
He will play Sagolshem Bhicky, who sealed an easy 6-1, 6-1 win over Abhisek Agrawal of Delhi today, in the quarters.
Haobam Bushan in the meantime sealed a 7-5, 6-3 win over Nishith Naveen of Karnataka in a pre-quarter final clash.
He will meet Siddhanth Sastry of Karnataka, who outlasted Manipur's Huidrom Becker 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-1) in another pre-quarter final match, in the next round.
Senjam Ashwajit on the other hand secured a 6-3, 6-1 win over Telangana's K Ramchandra Reddy to set up a quarter final date with Telangana's Hansh who outlasted Assam Raktav 6-3, 6-1 in another pre-quarter final match.
In other pre-quarter final matches, Aritro Ghosh of West Bengal saw off compatriot Divyesh Rampuri 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 while Shaunak Chatterjee edged out Karntaka's Dev Sinha 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5) in a closely fought match.
Doubles
State pairs of Bushan and Shanker and Brojen and Bhicky also advanced to men's doubles semis today.
Bushan-Shanker pair sealed a 2-6, 6-2, 10-7 comeback win over Naveen-Swostik pair and set up semi-final date with Azmeer and Dev who saw off Ashwajit-Becker pair 7-5, 6-0 in another quarter final clash.
Meanwhile, Brojen-Bhicky pair notched up an easy 6-0, 6-1 win over Raktav-Siddhanth pair to set up a semi-final date with Aritro and Hansh who edged out Atharva and Ramchandra 5-7, 6-2, 15-13 in another quarter final match.