Top seed Vishnu Vardhan marches ahead


J.S. Pereira Memorial AITA Tennis Tournament

Top seed Vishnu Vardhan easily defeated Sandesh Kurale 6-2, 7-5 in a Men’s singles first round match of the Bandra Gymkhana organized Rs 2.5 lakh J.S. Pereira Memorial AITA Tennis Tournament, and played at the Bandra Gymkhana tennis courts on Tuesday.

In a closely contested encounter, Azmeer Shaikh got the better of Dheeraj Kodancha in three sets 7-6(9), 5-7, 6-4.

In another match, Rhythm Malhotra fought back to overcome Suhith Reddy Lanka 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 and advanced to the second round.

In another one-sided match, Samuel Rashein comfortably defeated Jatin Nain in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0.