Rishab Agarwal wins a marathon first round

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Rishab Agarwal wins a marathon first round

Rishab Agarwal battled his way past seventh seed Pol Wattanakul of Thailand 6-7(4), 7-5, 7-6(4) in the first round of the $25,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament in Nonthaburi on Wednesday. He was 2-4 down in the second set before turning the match around.

In Singapore, Siddhant Banthia beat compatriot Digvijay Pratap Singh after losing the first set in the tie-break, and was joined by Manish Sureshkumar and Atharva Sharma in the pre-quarterfinals.

In the ITF women's event in Thailand, Riya Bhatia beat Mahak Jain in straight sets in a battle of national champions, in the first round. Former Asian junior champion Pranjala Yadlapalli retired from her match after one round as she was unwell.

The results:
$25,000 ITF men, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Singles (first round): Yu Hsiou Hsu (Tpe) bt Karunuday Singh 6-2, 6-4; Rishab Agarwal bt Pol Wattanakul (Tha) 6-7(4), 7-5, 7-6(4); Shuichi Sekiguchi (Jpn) bt Adil Kalyanpur 7-6(4), 6-4; Sidharth Rawat bt Jirat Navasirisomboon (Tha) 6-2, 7-5.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Anton Chekhov (Rus) & Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) bt Congsup Congcar (Tha) & Sidharth Rawat 6-4, 7-6(9); ose Fco. Vidal Azorin (Esp) & Adil Kalyanpur bt Kittirat Kerdlaphee & Phongsapak Kerdlaphee (Tha) 6-2, 6-3; Boris Butulija (Srb) & William Griffith (US) bt Rishab Agarwal & Karunuday Singh 6-3, 7-5.

Qualifying singles (first round): Chanchai Sookton-Eng (Tha) bt Garry Tokas 6-4, 6-1.

$15,000 ITF men, Singapore
Singles (first round): Siddhant Banthia bt Digvijay Pratap Singh 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-1; Atharva Sharma bt Rafael E. Grovas (Pur) 6-3, 7-5; Takuto Niki (Jpn) bt Jatin Dahiya 6-1, 6-4; Kelsey Stevenson (Can) bt Apuroop Patlolla Reddy 6-1, 6-0; Manish Sureshkumar bt Shaheed Alam (Sgp) 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sahej Maker (GBR) & Jesse Ross (US) bt Benard Bruno Nkomba (Aus) & Jatin Dahiya 6-3, 6-2; Siddhant Banthia & Manish Sureshkumar w.o. Syed Mohd. Adil Syed Naguib (Mas) & Vidit Vaghela.

Qualifying singles (second and final roun): Apuroop Patlolla REddy bt Chattarin Wareesri (Tha) 7-6(7), 6-2; Benard Bruno Nkomba (Aus) bt Yeswanth Loganathan 6-2, -1; atharva Sharma bt Jose Joaquin Miranda Cisneros (Esp) 3-6, 6-3, [13-11]; Digvijay Pratap Singh bt Danielle Abadia (Phi) 5-7, 6-3, [10-2].
First round: Yeswanth oganathan bt Matthew Johnstone (Sgp) 6-0, 6-1; Atharva Sharma bt Tin Tinmyowai (Mya) 6-2, 6-2; Niki Reddy (US) bt Vidit Vaghela 7-6(1), 7-5; Digvijay Pratap Singh bt Glei Dyorani (Alb) 6-0, 6-0; Rafael E. Grovas (Pur) bt Chinmay Bakshi 6-4, 6-1.

$25,000 ITF women, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Singles (first round): Peangtarn Plipuech (Tha) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-1, 7-5; Riya Bhatia bt Mahak Jain 6-2, 6-4; Simona Waltert (Sui) bt Pranjala Yadlapalli 1-0 (retired).

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Nudnida Luangnam (Tha) & Riya Bhatia bt Jajpet Anontaweesil & Parisa Rachdanone (Tha) 6-0, 6-1; Victoria Rodriguez (Mex) & Sabina Sharipova (Uzb) bt Bojana Marinkov (Aus) & Saumya Vig 6-1, 7-5.

Qualifying singles (second and final round): Gabriella DaSilva Fick (Aus) bt Mihika Yadav 6-1, 6-2; Marianna Zakarlyuk (Ukr) bt Zeel Desai 2-6, 6-1, [11-9]; Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Ekaterina Vishnevskaya (Rus) 6-3, 5-7, [15-13].
First round: Chompoothip Jundakate (Tha) bt Saumya Vig 6-2, 6-3; Mihika Yadav bt Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi 3-6, 6-3, [10-6]; Zeel Desai bt Roong Sirinuntavitaya 9Tha) 6-1, 6-1; Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Dolayee Tumthong (Tha) 6-4, 6-4.

$25,000 ITF women, Hong Kong
Qualifying singles (second and final round): Misaki Matsuda (Jpn) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-4, 6-3; First round: Ashmitha Easwaramurthi bt Chihiro Takayama (Jpn) 6-4, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF women, Tabarka, Tunisia
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Eugenia Ganga (Arg) & Raphaelle Lacasse (Can) bt Carmen Garri Murcia (Esp) & Prathyussha Rachapudi 6-1, 6-3.

Qualifying singles (second and final round): Alica Rusova (Svk) bt Prathyusha Rachapudi 6-3, 7-5.

(Courtesy: The Hindu)

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