Sidharth Rawat bounced back to beat Kasidit Samrej of Thailand 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $25,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament in Nonthaburi on Thursday.
Rishab Agarwal also made it to the quarterfinals in a similar fashion after losing the first set, as he beat Chanchai Sookton-Eng 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. In the $15,000 event in Singapore, Manish Sureshkumar made the singles quarterfinals and the doubles semifinals.
The results:
$25,000 ITF men, Nonthaburi, Thailand: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sidharth Rawat bt Kasidit Samrej (Tha) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Rishab Agarwal bt Chanchai Sookton-Eng (Tha) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4. Doubles (quarterfinals): Francis Casey Alcantara (Phi) & Min-Kyu Songh (Kor) bt Jose Fco. Vidal Azorin (Esp) & Adil Kalyanpur 6-3, 6-2.
$15,000 ITF men, Singapore: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Alec Adamson (US) bt Siddhant Banthia 6-3, 6-0; Maksim Tikhomirov (US) bt Atharva Sharma 6-2, 6-1; Manish Sureshkumar bt Hao Yuan Ng (Sgp) 6-1, 6-2. Doubles (quarterfinals): Siddhant Banthia & Manish Sureshkumar bt Jonathan Gray (GBR) & Hong Kit Wong (Hkg) 6-2, 4-6, [10-3].
$25,000 ITF women, Nonthaburi, Thailand: Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sabina Sharipova (Uzb) bt Riya Bhatia 6-3, 6-3. Doubles (quarterfinals): Lorraine Guillermo & Tamarine Tanasugarn (Tha) bt Alexandra Bozovic (Aus) & Gabriella Da Silva Fick (Aus) 6-1, 6-3.
