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Nihal scripts a remarkable comeback

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CHENNAI: V. Sudharsan failed to put away one of the easiest of overhead shots and paid a heavy price for the folly in the boys' first round of the Wilson-TTT ITF U-18 tournament at the Triangle Tennis Trust, YMCA College of Physical Education here on Monday.

Leading 5-0 in the third set and one point away from wrapping up the match against qualifier Nihal Kapoor, Sudharsan crashed the shot into the net. A dramatic turnaround happened and Nihal eventually won 4-6, 6-0, 7-6(4).

Sixteen-year-old Sriram Balaji overcame a spirited challenge from Abhijit Tiwari to win 7-6(6), 7-5 to enter the second round.

Reigning junior National champion Akash Wagh and Parija Maloo are seeded No. 1 in the boys' and girls' sections respectively. In a draw of 48, all the top 16 players received a bye in the first round.

The results:

First round: Boys: Musashi Hoshino (Jpn) bt Suraj Desai 6-1, 6-3; M. Fariz bt Aswin Nambi 6-3, 6-4; Gugan Varma bt Monal Chhillar 6-4, 6-2; Sameer Paranjape bt A.M. Suraj 2-6, 6-1, 6-2; Ankit Sachdeva bt Navaneetha Kannan 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; Prateek Bhambri bt Vinyak Kaza Sarma 6-2, 6-0; Kaijiro Yasumi (Jpn) bt Suyash Vardha Sharma 6-2, 7-5; Karunday Singh bt S. Siddharth 6-0, 6-3; V. Vignesh bt Ankesh Bhargava 6-3, 6-1; Mansingh Athare bt Sidharth Kaushik 6-4, 6-3; Gaurav Wallia bt Rohan Jagan Shetty 6-4, 6-1; A.S. Suresh Krishna bt Murtana Lohani 6-1, 6-0; Vishnu Rajam bt Shantanu Rajput 6-3, 6-4; Jagadeeshan Kumar bt Pankaj Kulthia 6-3, 6-2.

Girls: Grace Hannah bt Hitomi Naito (Jpn) 6-2, 6-2; Asha S. Mohan bt Sindhura Polavarapu 6-3, 6-1; Kyra Shroff bt Garima Vatwani 6-1, 6-4; Anushka Kapoor bt Harshini D. Reddy 2-6, 7-5, 6-4; T. Nilaya bt Sayali Bhilare 6-3, 6-4; Arushi Sharma bt Shweta Apte 6-0, 6-1; Nimisha Mohan bt Susita 6-2, 6-2; Deepna Vazirani bt P.V. Rajarajeswari 6-4, 7-5; R. Bhavani bt Sushma Gutta 6-2, 6-7(5), 6-4; Rashmi Teltumbde bt Sindhu Nila 6-2, 6-1; Likitha Devraj bt Vaidehi Patil 6-1, 6-4; Aarthi Duraisamy bt Aamana Hamid 6-3, 6-0; Haruka Naito (Jpn) bt Renuka Keswani 1-6, 6-0, 6-1.

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