Myneni packs off Murugesan in ITF Futures tennis
November 9th, 2011 - 7:17 pm ICT by IANSChennai, Nov 9 (IANS) Wild card Saket Myneni upstaged second seeded Ranjit Virali Murugesan 7-6 (3), 6-3 en route to the quarter-finals of the TNTA-ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament here Wednesday.
The tall Myneni, ranked No.1 in Alabama University, US, and a semi-finalist at a recent tournament in Mumbai, survived a close first set that he clinched on the tie-break due to his superior serve and then wrapped up the match with two breaks in the second.
The results (pre-quarter-finals):
1-J. Mitsuhashi (JPN) bt Ankit Sachdeva 6-1, 6-4; 7-Karunuday Singh bt Arun Prakash Rajagopalan 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-2; 3-Rohan Gajjar bt Sunil-Kumar Sipaeya 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; 8-James Marsalek (GBR) bt Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2; 5-N Prashanth bt N. Sriram Balaji 7-5, 6-2; 4-R Ortega-Olmedo (ESP) bt Rakshay Thakkar 6-2, 6-1; 6-Arenas Gualda (ESP) bt Sidharth Rawat 4-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1; WC-Saketh Myneni bt 2-Ranjit Virali Murugesan 7-6 (3), 6-3.
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