CHANDIGARH: Ramanan Mukil and Abhishek Gaur entered singles semifinals of the Rs one lakh prize money CLTA-AITA National Ranking Tennis Championship for men at Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.
Ramanan upset top Sarthak Suden in the three-setter marathon match. Ramanan took the first set 6-4. Sarthak Suden came back strongly in second set and took the set 6-3. In the final set both players played high energetic game and make it 4-4. Mukil played better with good momentum in the 9 game. Finally Mukil closed the set and match 6-4.
In another quarterfinals singles match third seed Abhishek Gaur defeated Amit Bzad in a 3 setter match 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. Fourth seed Atharva Sharma and second seed Neeraj Yashpaul also advanced into semifinals. Atharva outplayed Sarthak Gulati 6-2, 6-1 in straight sets. Second seed Neeraj Yashpaul won from Kartik Saxena in a 3 setter closed contestant match 6-1, 3-6, 7-5
Results:
Men’s singles (q-finals): Ramanan Mukil (TN) bt. Sarthak Suden (DL) [1] 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, Atharva Sharma MH [4] bt. Sarthak Gulati (PB) 6-2, 6-1, Abhishek Gaur (HR) [3] bt. Amit Bzad (HR) 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, Neeraj Yashpaul (CH) [2] bt. Kartik Saxena (DL) [8] 6-1, 3-6, 7-5.
Men’s doubles (quarterfinals): Amandeep Rathee (HR) / Ajay Kundu (HR) bt. Harshit Yadav (DL) / Mayank Yadav (DL) 6-2, 7-6(1), Dhananjay Singh (HP) / Neeaj Yashpaul (PB) bt. Abhishek Gaur (HR) / Vilasier Khate (NG) [4] 6-4, 4-6, 10-6, Tanik Gupta (MP) / Ankush Mishra (PB) [3] bt. Yash Baghel (UP) / Anmol Chaudhary (UP) 3-6, 6-4, 10-8, Sarthak Sudan (DL) / Ricky Chaudhary (CL) [2] bt. Rakshit Dhankar (CH) / Shubh Negi (CH) 7-6(4), 6-7(5), 10-8 .