Karunuday wins title

May 23, 2015 11:50 pm | Updated 11:50 pm IST - Mandya

Karunuday Singh (right) and Antoine Escoffier.Photo: Special Arrangement

Karunuday Singh (right) and Antoine Escoffier.Photo: Special Arrangement

A beautiful week of tennis ended in an anti-climax at the Mysore Minerals Ltd. $10,000 Mandya Open ITF men’s tennis tournament, with top seed Antoine Escoffier of France retiring with a twisted ankle from the final against No. 3 seed Karunuday Singh of India , here on Saturday.

Karunuday Singh thus won the title by default.

The Frenchman was trailing 0-3 in the first set when he called for the physio’s help on-court, to deal with the injury sustained in Friday’s semifinal against India’s Vishnuvardhan, before deciding against playing and further aggravating the injury. 

While Singh was not too happy with claiming the title the way it went, he certainly was comfortable with the 18 ATP points that came with a cheque for $1,440.  

Escoffier on the other hand accepted that he could have not have gone on, saying, “I was having problems walking on court and the pain was too much. So I decided to do what was best. I spoke to my coach and parents in France and will go back home and rest for a week and not take part in the Sobha ITF Mysuru Open.”

The duo had last met in a F8 series in Chennai in 2011 with Karunuday winning the title then too. This is the Indian’s third ITF title having won in Chennai and the Philippines in 2014.

Escoffier had to be content with 10 ATP points and $848.

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