Kunal Anand beats third seed in Cameroon

Kunal Anand beat the thid seed Takanyi Garanganga of Zimbabwe 7-6(4), 6-3 in the first round of the $25,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament in Cameroon on Tuesday.

The results:

$25,000 ITF men, Yaounde, Cameroon
Singles (first round): Sai Saran Reddy bt Arpit Sharma 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; Kunal Anand bt Takanyi Garanganga (Zim) 7-6(4), 6-3.

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sadio Doumbia (Fra) & Diego Matos (Bra) bt Babji Siva Atturu & Sajid Ur Rahman 6-4, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF men, Monastir, Tunisia
Singles (first round): Lenny Hampel (Aut) bt Aryan Goveas 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Raphael Baltensperger (Sui) & Austin Rapp (US) bt Finn Bass (GBR) & Aryan Goveas 6-2, 6-3.

$15,000 ITF women, Hua Hin, Thailand
Singles (first round): Mananchaya Sawangkaew (Tha) bt Ashmitha Easwaramurthi 6-0, 6-4.
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Punnin Kovapitukted & Tamachan Momkoonthod (Tha) bt Chie Kezuka (Jpn) & Saumya Vig 6-2, 6-2.

$15,000 ITF women, Cairo, Egypt
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Sofia Rocchetti & Alessandra Simone (Ita) bt Lygia Christodoulou (Cyp) & Sanjana AieReddy 6-2, 6-1.