Khate rallies into second round

Riding high on a superb game,Vilaster Khate of India ended the challenge of compatriot Atul Sri Patel with a 6-1,7-5 win to move into the second round in the boys category in the ITF Grade-3 World Ranking Tennis Tournament being played at Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association courts on Monday. Khate won the first set with a margin of 6-1 before claiming the second set with a margin of 7-5 to book a berth in the second round. In another first round encounter,India’s Digvijay Singh Mehta scored a 6-2,6-2 win over Sui Fai Kelvin Lam. Mehta claimed the first set with a margin of 6-2 before claiming the second set with an identical margin. In another encounter,Sai Kartik of India scored a 6-4,6-1 win over compatriot Surya Kanwar. Playing an attacking game,Kartik claimed the first set with a 6-4 margin before claiming the second set with a margin of 6-1.

In another match of the same category,Rajat Maheshwari of India ended the challenge of A Mukhamed of Uzbekistan with a narrow 1-6,6-4,7-6 (6) win. Maheshwari lost the first set with a margin of 1-6 before gaining his rhythm back. Maheshwari then won the second set with a margin of 6-4 before claiming the third and final set with a margin of 7-6 (6). In another match in the same category,Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash of Indian scored a 6-7 (4),6-1,6-1 win over Rishabdev Burman. Jayaprakash lost the first set with a 6-7 margin before claiming the second set with a 6-1 margin. Jayaprakash then claimed the third and final set with a margin of 6-2. In the girls’ category,Vaniya Dangwal of India ended the challenge of Rashmi Teltumbde of India with a 6-0,7-5 win.

Results:
Boys:First round: Vilaster Khate (IND) bt Atul Sri Patel (IND) 6-1,7-5 ,Digvijay Singh Mehta (IND) bt Sui Fai Kelvin Lam (HKF) 6-2,6-2,Sai Kartik (IND) bt Surya Kanwar (IND) 6-4,6-1,Rajat Maheshwari (IND) bt A. Mukhamed (UZB) 1-6,6-4,7-6(6),Kunal Anand (IND) bt Aziz Yuldashey (UZB) 3-6,6-2,6-4,Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND) bt Rishabdev Raman 6-7 (4),6-1,6-2,Ting Yu Chuang (TPE) bt Vishwesh Sinha 6-3,6-1,Rakshay Thakkar (IND) bt Chieh-Fu Wang (TPE) 7-6(1),6-3,Saurabh Singh (IND) bt Nishchay Rawal (ND) 6-2,6-1,Shahbaaz Khan (IND) bt Dmitry Borodkin (KAZ) 6-2,7-6(4),Ronit Bist (IND) bt Navneet Kumar (IND) 6-0,6-1,Pulat Babadjanov (UZB) bt Sai Teja Paladugu (IND) 6-3,7-5,Vinod Gowde (IND) bt Manoj Sheoran 6-4,6-1,Kong Pop Lertchal (THA) bt Ajay Yadav 7-6(5) 6-4.

Girls:Vaniya Dangwal (IND) bt Rashmi Teltumbde (IND) 6-0,7-5,Sowjanya Bavisetti (IND) bt Ekaterina Tour (ISR) 4-6,6-4,7-5,Rishika Sunkara (IND) bt Ratnika Batra (IND) 3-6,6-4,6-4,Natasha Palha (IND) bt Rosalie Van Der Hoek (NED) 7-5,7-6(5) ,Napatsarora Sankaew (THA) bt Ikktesh Chahal (IND) 6-2,6-1,Sweta Rana (IND) bt Tjasa Srimpf (SLO) 6-4,6-4,Kyra Shroff (IND) bt Megha Sehrawat (IND) 6-1,6-0,Zi Yang bt Prathana Thombare (IND) 6-0,6-1,A Prenko (TKM) bt Nova Patel (IND) 6-2,6-3,Laura Deigman (GBR) bt Parminder Kaur (IND) 6-2,1-6,6-1,Ankita Raina (IND) bt Harnoor Kaur Mann (IND) 6-0,6-1.