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Upset win for Rohan
KOLKATA: Unseeded Purav Raja and Rohan Gajjar continued the strong Indian show in the ITF men’s Futures here at the JMTA Complex on Tuesday. Raja upset fifth seeded Marc-Andre Stratling of Germany while Gajjar defeated seventh seeded Syrym Abdukhalikov of Kazakhstan.
As many as 10 Indians made it to the pre-quarterfinals. But, the only seeded Indian — fourth seeded Sunil Kumar Sipaeya — fell to qualifier N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth.
Top seeded Alexander Satschko of Germany, second seeded Nathan Thompson of USA and third seeded David Savic advanced easily.
The results (prefix denotes seeding; Indians unless specified): First round: 1-Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt V.P. Chandrasekhar 6-0, 6-0; V.M. Ranjeet bt Rahil Makharia 6-0, 6-3; Rupesh Roy bt Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6-4, 6-4; Purav Raja bt 5-Marc-Andre Stratling (Ger) 7-5, 6-4; N. Prashanth bt 4-Sunil Kumar Sipaeya 7-6(1), 6-0; Rohan Gajjar bt Syrym Abdukhalikov (Kaz) 6-3, 6-4; Mario Eckardt (Ger) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(2); 3-David Savic (Srb) bt Pirmin Haenle (Ger) 6-2, 6-4; Navdeep Singh bt Tushar Liberhan 6-4, 6-3; 2-Nathan Thompson (USA) bt I-Ta Chen (Tpe) 7-5, 6-2. — Principal Correspondent
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