SD Prajwal Dev(1) vs Nitin Sinha and Digvijay Pratap Singh(5) vs Siddhant Banthia is the line up for the semi finals of men’s singles event of USD 30 K World tennis Tour ITF at Arera Club Bhopal. Grigoriy Lomakin of Kazakhstan is the sole foreign player crashed out of both singles and doubles matches. Current Davis cup star Aryan Shah moves to doubles finals, while it is curtains for Vishnu Vardhan another Davis cup star.
Udit Kamboj, who had aroused expectation fought bravely against the onslaught of Siddhant Banthia in a tough match which saw wild fluctuations of fortunes with scoreline reading 1-6, 6-1, 1-6.
Udit Kamboj (IND) of Madhya Pradesh tried very hard but ran out of luck against Siddhant Banthia in the Quarterfinal.
Picture Courtesy: Raman Kalika
Displaying equal strength on backhand and forehand shots Nitin Sinha (IND) ousted Grigory Lomakin (KAZ), the sole surviving foreign player today, in straight sets. Picture Courtesy: Raman Kalika
Aryan Shah shapes to hit a winner in the doubles semifinal, winning in straight sets. Picture Courtesy: Raman Kalika
Top seed for the tournament S D Prajwal Dev (IND) had an easy match against Manish Sureshkumar. Picture Courtesy: Raman Kalika
Singles Main Draw Result – Quarterfinals
- S D Prajwal Dev (Ind) defeated M Sureshkumar (Ind) – 6-3, 6-4.
- N Sinha (Ind) defeated Lomakin (Kaz) – 7-6(4), 6-1.
- D Singh (Ind) defeated Rohan Mehra (Ind) – 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
- Siddhant Banthia (Ind) defeated Udit Kamboj (Ind) – 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
Doubles Main Draw Result Semifinals
- DEV S D Prajwal & SINHA Nitin Kumar defeated LAKSHMANAN Aryan & VARDHAN Vishnu – 6-2, 6-2.
- SHAH Aryan & SHARMA Atharva defeated JAVIA Dev & LOMAKIN Grigoriy – 6-3, 6-3.
Pictures Courtesy: Raman Kalika
Manoj Singh Kukreja,
Tournament Director (ITF)