Vishnu Vardhan gets past Ranjeet
Vishnu Vardhan did his confidence a world of good as he fought his way
past sixth-seeded V.M. Ranjeet in the first round of the $10,000 ITF
men’s Futures tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old Hyderabad lad was quite shaky against former National
champion Ranjeet, who had beaten him in Nigeria last month. Not sharp
with his serves and quite tentative with his strokes, Vishnu, ranked 719
and a far cry from his career-best 262 last year, stepped up his game
after clinching the tie-break in the first set. He quickly raced to a
4-1 lead in the second.
Ranjeet played quite well, but was unable to maintain the required level of consistency.
Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan was quite fluent as he tamed P.C. Vignesh. Even
though both competed hard, it was a friendly meeting as Jeevan could
afford some light-hearted exchanges, particularly after a tough rally in
which his opponent had the final say.
Top-seeded Yuki Bhambri was a class act as he warmed up for tougher
challenges ahead with a smooth win over Shonigmatjon Shofayziyev of
Uzbekistan. .
The results (first round): Yuki Bhambri bt Shonigmatjon
Shofayziyev (Uzb) 6-1, 6-4; Arjun Kadhe bt Garvit Batra 6-4, 3-6,
7-6(3); Kaza Vinayak Sharma bt Dineshkanthan Thangarajah (Sri) 6-2, 6-3;
Akash Wagh bt Timon Reichelt (Ger) 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(3); Luca Margaroli
(Sui) bt Ronak Manuja 6-0, 6-4; Torsten Wietoska (Ger) bt Warit
Sornbutnark (Tha) 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; Daniiar Duldaev (Kgz) bt Jannis Liniger
(Sui) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Jui-Chen Hung (Tpe) bt AshwinVijayragavan 6-2,
6-2; Vishnu Vardhan bt V.M. Ranjeet 7-6(4), 6-3; Shaikh Abdullah bt
Jatin Dahiya 7-6(3), 6-4; Vijay Sundar Prashanth bt Lakshit Sood 7-5,
7-6(3); Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt P.C. Vignesh 6-2, 6-2.
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