Adil Kalyanpur, ranked 324th, displayed fighting instincts from the baseline for almost three hours before sending out 211-ranked Rimpei Kawakami of Japan 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5 in a boys’ singles first round match at the BVG India-MSLTA B1 ITF Asian junior tennis tournament here on Monday.
The results (first round): Horie Toru (Jpn) bt Dhruv Sunish 6-0, 7-5; Han Seon Yong (Kor) bt Drona Walia 6-3, 6-4; Trotter James Kent (Jpn) bt Shramay Dhawan 6-3, 6-2; Tang A (HK) bt Rishi Reddy 7-6(1), 6-3; Zhao Lingxi (Chn) bt Rishabh Sharada 6-0, 6-2; Shinji Hazawa (Jpn) bt Udayan Bhaskar 6-3, 6-4; Tseng Chun Hsin (Tpe) bt Ballekere Ravikumar Nikshep 6-2, 6-1; Tajima Naoki (Jpn) bt Vasisht Cheruku 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Lyu Chenqze (Chn) bt Kaivalya Kalamse 6-0, 6-3; Lam Ching (HK) bt Dev Javia 4-6, 6-1, 6-2; Yuta Shimizu (Jpn) bt A. Vannemreddy 6-3, 6-1; Mu Tao (Chn) bt M. Senthilkumar 6-3, 6-0; Adil Kalyanpur (Ind) bt Rimpei Kawakami (Jpn) 3-6, 7-6(4), 7-5; Lim Alberto (Phi) bt Siddhant Banthia 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-2.