Men's tennis: State trio in singles semis; an all-state affair in doubles title match
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, November 22 2023:
Manipur's trio of Sagolshem Bhicky, Haobam Bushan and Senja Ashwa-jit progressed to the singles event semifinals of the AITA 1 Lakh Men's Open Tennis Tournament at ITDA Complex, Imphal, on Wednesday.
Bhicky fought back from a set down to outplay fellow state player Heisnam Shanker 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 for his place in the semifinals.
On the other hand, Bushan had little trouble beating Kerala's Siddhanth 6-1, 6-0 to set up semifinal clash with Bhicky.
In other quarterfinal match, Ashwajit secured a comfortable 6-2.6-2 win over Vadlamani Hansh Kartikeyi.
The state lad will now face West Bengal's Shaunak Chatterjee in the semifinals.
Meanwhile, it will be an allstate affair in the doubles final as the pairs of Bushan-Shanker and Brojen-Bhicky set up summit clash after their semifinals wins on Wednesday.
Bushan and Shanker got the better of Kerala-Maharashtra's pair Sinha Dev and Shaikh Azmeer 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in their quarterfinal match, while Brojen and Bhicky eased past Aritro and Hansh 6-1, 6-1 in the other quarterfinal match.