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Marquis downs Kirrtane

Kamesh Srinivasan

NEW DELHI: Christopher Marquis knocked out former National champion Nitten Kirrtane 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 in the men’s first round of the DSCL National tennis championship at the DLTA Complex here on Monday.

The 16-year-old Marquis showed firepower and a strong will in working his way past the guiles of the 33-year-old Nitten, who himself fought admirably despite being tired following five rounds in the qualifying event.

Marquis, who had also come through the qualifying event, struggled in the first set but bounced back from 3-5 in the second set to enact a remarkable recovery. From 3-4 down in the decider, Marquis won three games on the trot for a memorable win.

The top-seeded Aditya Madkekar was at the mercy of qualifier Vijay Sundar Prashanth as he trailed by a set and a break, but escaped to victory in three sets.

The results: Men (first round): Aditya Madkekar bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Christopher Marquis bt Nitten Kirrtane 2-6, 7-5, 6-4; J. Vishnu Vardhan bt Shivang Mishra 6-3, 6-4; Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Ajai Selvaraj 6-4, 7-5; Rohan Gide bt B. Vikram Reddy 7-6(4), 5-7, 6-4; Yuki Bhambri bt Sandeep Choudhary 6-2, 6-2; Abhijeet Tiwari bt Akash Wagh 6-2, 6-4; Vijay Kannan bt Yogesh Phogat 6-1, 6-4; Fariz Mohammad bt Saurav Sukul 7-5, 7-6(6); Rohan Gajjar bt P.C. Vignesh 6-3, 6-3.

Women (first round): Isha Lakhani bt Anukriti Prasad 6-1, 6-2; Tanvi Shah bt Garima Vatwani 6-3, 6-0; Kyra Shroff bt V. Archana 7-6(3), 6-2; Ashvarya Shrivastava bt Sweta Kumari Solanki 6-2, 6-1; Sanaa Bhambri bt Shivika Burman 6-3, 6-4; Asha Nandakumar bt Rishika Sunkara 6-2, 6-1; Sheethal Goutham bt Prachi Nadkarni 7-6(4), 6-1; Sonal Phadke bt Treta Bhattacharya 6-1, 6-1; Parul Goswami bt Chirashanti Rajur 6-3, 6-0.

Boys (U-18) (second round): Vijayant Malik bt Manpreet Chawla 6-0, 6-1; V. Vignesh bt Ashish Rana 6-3, 6-4; Manav Dhawan bt Lakshit Sood 6-4, 6-4; Shantanu Rajput bt Akash Gujarathi 6-3, 7-5; Sudanwa Sitaram bt Prateek Bhambri 6-3, 6-3; Kaushik Das bt Nikunj Siwach 6-4, 6-4; Shiva Sangwan bt Monal Chillar 6-7(5), 7-5, 6-4; Ronak Manuja bt S. Prashanth 6-2, 6-4; Christopher Marquis bt Himanshu Mali 6-2, 6-3; Akash Wagh bt Dhruv Gurwara 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Tejas Chaukulkar bt Mansingh Athare 6-3, 6-0; Abhijeet Tiwari bt Chetan Pandit 7-6(6), 6-2; B. Vikram Reddy bt Tariq Jacob 6-3, 6-4; Kinshuk Sharma bt Akshay Kohli 6-3, 7-5; S. Siddharth bt Nihal Kapoor 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma 7-6(1), 6-2.

Girls (U-18) (second round): Kyra Shroff bt Shweta Chandra Rana 6-2, 6-0; Janani Suresh bt Richa Valecha 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; Prachi Nadkarni bt P.V. Raja Rajeshwari 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Ashvarya Shrivastava bt Ratnika Batra 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Gopika Kapoor bt Sharon Paul 6-4, 6-4; Sharmada Balu bt Aishwarya Aggrawal 6-2, 6-3; Kelsey Sundaram bt Monica Menon 6-1, 6-0; V. Archana bt Grace Hannah 7-5, 1-6, 6-1; Rishika Sunkara bt Parija Maloo 6-2, 6-3; Rashmi Teltumbe bt Prerna Bhambri 6-4, 6-2; Arushi Sharma bt T. Nilaya 7-6(0), 3-6, 7-6(5); Vishaka Sheoran bt Sayali Bhilare 6-3, 6-0; Tanvi Shah bt P. Sindhu Nila 6-2, 6-2; Bhavana Suresh bt Deepna Vazirani 6-3, 6-3; Inayat Khosla bt Natasha Palha 6-4, 6-3; Sweta Kumari Solanki bt Prarthana Thombare 6-3, 6-1.

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