Ronit Singh Bisht ousted sixth seed Vinayakar Sharma Kaza in the first round of Justice P S Kailasam Centenary GNC ITF Men's Futures Tennis Championships here today.
Bisht beat Kaza 6-4 6-7(5) 6-2.
Ronit was cruising from the start to win the first set but in the second Kaza fought back to claim the set through a tie break. In the third set Ronit then proved to be too steady and crafty for a tiring Kaza and won 6-2 to enter the second round.
In another three setter, fifth seed Mohit Mayur served powerfully and displayed elegant back hand down the lines to win the first set 6-3 against Chandril Sood.
Mohit had a lapse of concentration and a highly motivated Chandril made the most of it to win the second set 6-2. In the third, Mohit was simply too powerful for the talented Chandril.
Vishnu Vardhan, the No. 2 seed, gave a tennis lesson to young qualifier Prajwal Dev as the former won 6-2 6-3, while V.M. Ranjeet (4th Seed) scored a routine straight set victory over Lakshit Sood.
Wild card entrant Prajnesh Gunneswaran possessed a wide repertoire of powerful strokes to romp home in straight sets against Jeson Patrombon of Philippines 6-2, 6-1.
The other wild card entrant Isa Mammetgulyyev (TKM) was too good for Nitin Kumar Sinha. Nitin could manage to win only one game.
Results (Ist round): Sidharth Rawat bt Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 7-5, 3-6, 7-6(1), Ronit Singh Bisht bt Vinayak Sharma Kaza 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-2, Vignesh Veerabhadran bt Anvit Bendre 6-4, 6-1,Isa Mammetgulyyev (TKM) Bt. Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) 6-0, 6-1, V M Ranjeet bt Lakshit Sood (IND) 6-2, 6-4,
Mohit Mayur bt Chandril Sood 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, Vishnu Vardhan bt S D Prajwal Dev 6-2, 6-3 and Prajnesh Gunneswaran Jeson Patrombon (PHI) 6-2, 6-1 and
Doubles: Neeraj Elangavan/Poonacha Niki Kaliyanda bt Sagar Ahuja / Jatin Dahiya 6-0,7-6 (5),Bhavesh Gour/Sidharth Rawat bt Anvit Bendre / Ronit Singh Bisht 3-6,6-4(11-9), Rishabdev Raman / Ajai Selvaraj bt Basil Khuma / Alex Solanki 5-7,6-3(10-5) and Chandril Sood/ Lakshit Sood bt Gokul Suresh / Manish Sureshkumar 6-0,6-3.
