Punjab’s Lakshit Sood had to produce his best while beating Kunal Vazirani 7-6 (2), 7-5 to qualify for the men’s singles main draw of the Khar Gymkhana- All India men’s Ranking 5-lakh prize money Tennis Tournament-2019 hosted by Khar Gymkhana here today.
Lakshit Sood beat Kunal Vazirani to qualify for the men’s singles main draw of the Khar Gymkhana- All India men’s Ranking 5-lakh prize money Tennis Tournament.
The lad from Ludhiana(Punjab) overcame stiff challenge from gritty Kunal, who matched him stroke for stroke as the firs set went into tie-breaker, Even in the second set it was a closer affair before Lakshit broke free to clinch the tie.
Rohan Bhatia was taken the distance by Aditya Baklsekar before he prevailed at 6-3, 2-6, 6-4
Results :Men’s singles (final qualifying round): Lakshit Sood bt Kunal Vazurani 7-6 (2), 7-5; SuhithbReddy bt RithwikRaman 6-2,6-4; Tejas Chaulkulkar bt Parishit Somani 5-1 (Con); Panay Devgarg bt Vashu Gupta 6-2,6-1; K.S Dheeraj bt Shashank Macherla 6-4, 6-4; Rohan Bhatia bt Aditya Balsekar 6-3, 2-6, 6-4; Rishab Agarwal bt ViditVagherla 6-1, 6-3; Chandril Sood bt Alok Aradhya 6-3, 6-1.
Meanwhile, Andhra Pradesh’s Niki Poonacha has been given the pride of place in the men’s singles, followed by Tamil Nadu’s Mayur Mohite, Punjab’s Dalwinder Singh and Maharashtra’s Dhruv Sunish in that order.
The seedings are:
1. Niki Poonacha (AP); 2. Mohit Mayur ; 3. Dalwinder Singh (PB); 4. Dhruv Sunish (Mah); 5. Jatin Dahiya (DL); 6. Ishaque Eqbal (WB); 7. Armaan Bhatia (MH); 8. Suresh Dhakshineswar (TN).
CLOCK FOR TUESDAY – TENNIS – 9 A.M. ONWARDS – Main draw- men’s singles;; Khar Gym-All India men’s 5lakh tournament, Khar Gym.