SACCHITT SHARMA WINS ITF GRADE-2 JUNIOR TITLE IN CHINESE TAIPEI
National junior champion Sacchitt Sharma beat compatriot Megh Bhargav Patel 2-6, 6-4, 6-4 to clinch the boys title in the ITF grade-2 junior tennis tournament in Chinese Taipei.
Sacchitt had warded off a stiff challenge from fourth seed Shunsuke Mitsui of Japan 7-5, 6-7(3), 7-6(3) in the quarterfinals.
In the girls section, however, Akanksha Bhan was beaten in three sets in the quarterfinals by Funa Kozaki of Japan.
Surprisingly the Indian players did not progress far in doubles except for Shivani Amineni in partnership with Priska Madelyn Nugroho of Indonesia making the girls semifinals.
The results:
Boys (final): Sacchitt Sharma bt Megh Bhargav Patel 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Semifinals: Sacchitt Sharma bt Arthur Craig Pantino (Phi) 7-6(5), 6-2; Megh Bhargav Patel bt Chang-Lin Tsai (Tpe) 6-1, 7-5; Quarterfinals: Sacchitt Sharma bt Shunsuke Mitsui (Jpn) 7-5, 6-7(3), 7-6(3); Megh Bhargav Patel bt fumiya Yoshino (Jpn) 6-2, 6-4.
Pre-quarterfinals: Sacchitt Sharma bt Yamato Sueoka (Jpn) 6-1, 6-2; Megh Bhargav Patel bt Jack Pinnington Jones (GBR) 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; First round: Yeongseok Jeong (Kor) bt Rishabh Sharda 6-2, 6-1; Sacchitt Sharma bt Stefan Storch (Aus) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Megh Bhargav Patel bt Taiyo Yamanaka (Jpn) 6-1, 6-0.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Han-Chih Lin & Cheng Wei Wu (Tpe) bt Jack Pinington Jones (GBR) & Megh Bhargav Patel 3-6,7-5, [10-6]; Pengyu Lu (Chn) & Chang-Lin Tsai (Tpe) bt Arthur Craig Pantino (Phi) & Sacchitt Sharma 7-5, 6-4.
Pre-quarterfinals: Karol Paluch (Pol) & Eric Vanshelboim (Ukr) bt Rishabh Sharda & Abhimanyu Vannem Reddy 6-2, 6-7(7), [10-5]; Jack Pinnington Jones & Megh Bhargav Patel bt George Davis (GBR) &Stefan Storch (Aus) 6-3, 6-4; Arthur Craig Pantino (Phi) & Sacchitt Sharma bt Noppadol Noikor & Kasidit Samrej (Tha) 6-4, 7-6(3).
Girls (quartefinals): Funa Kozaki (Jpn) bt Akanksha Bhan 2-6, 6-3, 6-3; Pre-quarterfinals: Jaedan Brown (US) bt Shivani Amineni 1-6, 6-4, 6-3; Akanksha Bhan bt Saki Imamura (Jpn) 7-6(5), 6-3; First round: Shivani Amineni bt Koharu Niimi (Jpn) 6-4, 6-1; Akanksha Bhan bt Yu-Yun Li (Tpe) 6-3, 6-2; Priska Madelyn Nugroho (Ina) bt Tanisha Kashyap 6-1, 6-1.
Doubles (semifinals): Saki Imamura & Funa Kozaki (Jpn) bt Priska Madelyn Nugroho (Ina) & Shivani Amineni 6-3, 6-4; Quarterfinals: Ting-Pei Chang (Tpe) & Hyeran Yun (Kor) bt Erin Richadson (GBR) 0-6, 6-1, [10-2]; Priska Madelyn Nugroho (Ina) & Shivani Amineni bt Chui Kei Leung (Hkg) & Yu-Yun Li (Tpe) 6-3, 3-6, [12-10].
Pre-quarterfinals: Erin Richardson & Akanksha Bhan bt Polina Gubina (Ukr) & Tanisha Kashyap 6-2, 6-4; Priska Madelyn Nugroho & Shivani Amineni bt Koharu Niimi & Makoto Chara (Jpn) 6-2, 6-1.
