Tennis
junior ITF tennis:
Rethin Pranav failed to hold on to a blistering begin and allowed his problem to fizzle out in opposition to sixth-seeded Donghyun Hwang of Korea within the pre-quarterfinals of the ITF junior tennis event on the DLTA Complicated in Wednesday.
The Korean, who received the event final week in Chandigarh, regrouped his recreation to cruise to a Three-6, 6-2, 6-Zero victory.
Enjoying at full tempo, hitting winners at will on each flanks was like consuming chocolate for 15-year-old Rethin, one of many nation’s brightest skills. Nonetheless, when the Korean grew to become even handed, Rethin couldn’t maintain his grip on the match.
The Indian problem may need ended within the singles, however Indian-origin gamers, high seeds Adhithya Ganesan and Rohan Belday performed nicely to achieve the quarters.
Second seed Amir Milushev, who had endured a first-round marathon in opposition to Cahir Warik, edged previous Korean qualifier Se Hyuk Cho within the third-set tiebreak.
Within the ladies’ part, Tejasvi Dabas obtained off to a dream begin however didn’t cope nicely within the climax in opposition to wily Indira Lepage of Belgium.
The outcomes (pre-quarters)
Boys: Adhithya Ganesan (USA) bt Ke Hau Hung (Tpe) 6-Three, 6-2; Manvydas Balciunas (Ned) bt Yu Maeda (Jpn) 6-1, Three-Zero (withdrawn); Rohan Belday (USA) def Satoru Nakajima (Japan) Three-6, 6-Three, 7-5; Kim Jangjun (Kor) bt Shingo Masuda (Japan) 6-Three, 6-1; Donghyun Hwang (Kor) bt Rethin Pranav Three-6, 6-2, 6-Zero; Ivan Yutkin (Russia) bt Aayush Bhat (USA) 6-1, Four-Three (withdrawn); Timofei Derepasko (Rus) bt Poonthong Komopisut (Tha) 6-2, 6-2; Amir Milushev (Uzb) bt Se Hyuk Cho (Kor) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(5).
Women: Ashton Bowers (USA) def Yu-Ning Tsai (Tpe) 6-1, 6-Four; Margot Phanthala (Fra) bt Dominika Podhajecka (Pol) 2-6, 6-2, 6-2; Anna Sedysheva (RUS) with Gabia Paskauskas (GBR) 6-1, 6-Three; Indira Lepage (Bel) bt Tejasvi Dabas Zero-6, 7-5, 6-1; Allegra Davies (GBR) with Kamonwan Yodpetch (Tha) Four-6, 6-2, 6-1; Alexia Harmon (USA) def Liya Chu (Tpe) 6-2, 6-2; Vlada Mincheva (Rus) bt Asylzhan Arystanbekova (Kaz) 6-Four, 6-1; Zuzanna Pawlikowska (Poland) with Ria Bhakta (USA) 6-2, 6-1.
– Kamesh Srinivasan