BHUBANESWAR 27-Feb-2018
Host Odisha’s campaign in the ongoing OTA-ITF Futures-1 Men’s Pro Circuit Tournament ended when Chinmay Pradhan and Ansu Kumar Bhuyan, the top two players of the state, lost respective first-round singles matches here at Kalinga Stadium Tennis Complex today.
Getting entries through wild cards, Pradhan and Bhuyan lost to fellow Indians R Suraj Prabodh 2-6, 2-6 and Vasisht Cheruku 1-6, 2-6 respectively. Meanwhile, top seeded Sasi Kumar Mukund, currently ranked 439 in the world, was stretched to the limits as he managed to surpass unseeded Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4.
RESULTS:
Singles (Round-1): Sasi Kumar Mukund (1, IND) bt Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (IND) 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4. Sami Reinwein (5, GER) bt Chien Hsun Lo (TPE) 6-2, 6-4. Arjun Khade (3, IND) bt Kunal Anand (WC, IND) 6-4, 6-2. R Suraj Prabodh (WC, IND) bt Chinmay Pradhan (WC, ODI, IND) 6-2, 6-2. Vijayant Malik (Q, IND) bt Ankit Chopra (Q, IND) 6-4, 6-4. Francesco Vilardo (8, ITA) bt Kazuma Kawachi (JPN) 6-2, 0-6, 7-6(6). Kaza Vinayak Sharma (Q, IND) bt Karunuday Singh (6, IND) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. Bogdan Bobrov (RUS) bt Luca Pavlovic (FRA) 6-3, 6-3. N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (4, IND) bt Nicholas Bybel (Q, USA) 6-4, 7-6(3). Manuel Pena Lopez (7, ARG) bt SD Prajwal Dev (Q, IND) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. Aryan Goveas (IND) bt Goran Marcovic (SRB) 6-4, 6-2. Vashisht Cheruku (Q, IND) bt Ansu Kumar Bhuyan (WC, ODI, IND) 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (Round-1): Sidharth Rawat-Manish Sureshkumar (IND) bt Bogdan Bobrov-Sasi Kumar Mukund (RUS-IND) 7-5, 6-4.
