Prithvi sekhar prevails in china

Prithvi Sekhar fought his way past Cukang Wang of China 5-7, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament in China on Tuesday.

In another tournament in Thailand, Nitin Kumar Sinha beat Kelsey Stevenson of Canada 7-5, 5-7, 7-5.

In the ITF women’s tournament in Thailand, top seed Pranjala Yadlapalli was beaten in three sets after a bright start, in the first round.

The results:

$15,000 ITF men, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Singles (first round): Connor Farren (US) bt Kunal Anand 6-2, 6-0; Lance-Pierre Du Toit (RSA) bt Karunuday Singh 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Kelsey Stevenson (Can) 7-5, 5-7, 7-5.

$15,000 ITF men, Anning, China
Singles (first round): Rhett Purcell (Nzl) bt Gokul Suresh 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Anirudh Chandrasekar bt Fariduni Bakhodur (Tjk) 6-3, 6-3; Hao Wu (Chn) bt SD Prajwal Dev 6-3, 6-0; Prithvi Sekhar bt Chukang Wang (Chn) 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; Olly Sadler (Nzl) bt PC Vignesh 6-2, 6-3; VM Ranjeet bt Sida Zeng (Chn) 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Cing-Yang Meng (Tpe) & Weiqiang Zheng (Chn) bt Mohan Kiran Arunachala & Vimalraj Jayachandran 6-0, 6-3; SD Prajwal Dev & VM Ranjeet bt Zhou Mingzhou & RunYu Zhao (Chn) 7-5, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF women, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Singles (first round): Supapitch Kaerum (Tha) bt Pranjala Yadlapalli 1-6, 6-2, 6-3; Natasha Palha bt Dan NI Wang (Chn) 6-1, 7-6(6); Tamachan Momkoonthod (Tha) bt Riya Bhatia 6-3, 2-6, 6-1; Zeel Desai bt Jiaxi Lu (Chn) 6-2, 6-4; Nudnida Luangnam (Tha) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti 6-2, 6-4; Marianna Zakarlyuk (Ukr) bt Sai Samhitha 6-4, 6-3.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): I-Hsuan Cho (Tpe) & Dan NI wang (Chn) bt Sai Samhitha & Natasha Palha 6-4, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF women, Yeongwol, Korea
Qualifying singles (third and final round): Yun Hyeran (Kor) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-1, 6-2.