CHANDIGARH: Qualifier Kaza Vinayak Sharma had a memorable day as he defeated sixth seed Sami Reinwein of Germany in the first round of singles, and later joined hands with Mohit Mayur to beat the top seeds from Brazil in the doubles pre-quarterfinals of the $15,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex here on Tuesday.
In both the matches, Vinayak handled the crucial tie-breaks well to make it a straight-forward affair. He beat Sami Reinwein 6-2, 7-6(2) and in doubles, Vinayak and Mohit downed Caio Silva and Thales Turini 7-6(5), 6-2.
In another lively encounter, Sidharth Rawat battled past Dhruv Sunish in three sets while Vijayant Malik overcame a slow start to beat Suraj Praobdh in three sets. Kunal Anand was equally efficient in getting past Haadin Bava 7-5 in the third set.
Manish Sureshkumar continued to stress his steady game by outwitting Siddharth Vishwakarma in a third-set tie-break.
The results:
Singles, first round: Thales Turini (Bra) bt Chien Hsun Lo (Tpe) 6-4, 6-3; Kaza Vinayak Sharma bt Sami Reinwein (Ger) 6-2, 7-6(2); Sidharth Rawat bt Dhruv Sunish 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-4; Yu Hsiang Chiu (Tpe) bt Lance-Pierre Du Toit (RSA) 6-7(4), 6-2, 7-5; Kunal Anand bt Haadin Bava 3-6, 6-2, 7-5; Manuel Pena Lopez (Arg) bt Stanislav Poplavskyy (Ukr) 6-4, 6-4; Vijayant Malik bt Suraj Prabodh 4-6, 7-5, 6-4; Bogdan Bobrov (Rus) bt Daniil Zarichanskyy (Ukr) 6-3, 6-1; Nam Hoang Ly (Vie) bt Rishabh Sharda 6-0, 6-1; Arjun Kadhe bt Shahbaaz Khan 6-3, 6-2; Manish Sureshkumar bt Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(5); Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (Esp) bt Siddhant Banthia 6-2, 6-2.
Doubles, pre-quarterfinals: Mohit Mayur & Vinayak bt Calo Silva & Thales Turini (Bra) 7-6(5), 6-2; Carlos Boluda-Purkiss (Esp) & Nam Hoang Ly (Vie) bt Tyler Hochwalt (USA) & Sami Reinwein (Ger) 6-3, 6-2.
