Maharashtra boy Shirfule shocks seeded Bidasaria
LUCKNOW, May 14 -- Maharashtra teenager and unseeded Shlvtej Shirfule caused the only upset on Day Two of the ITF J30 Lucknow Tennis Tournament, outplaying fourth seeded Vivaan Bidasaria 2-1, at the Vijayant Khand stadium here on Tuesday.
Shirfule proved too tough for his opponent from Madhya Pradesh as he won the first set by 6-2, before losing the second one 6-7 (3) in tie-break on the hard surface. But in decider, he kept his cool on a hot and humid day while winning the third set and match by 6-4.
Top seeded Tanussh Ghildyal outplayed compatriot Om Verma 6-4, 7-5, whereas second seeded Om Patel defeated Dev Nandasana 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 also in a thriller.
In other first round matches of the day, Srikar Doni beat Rishi Yadav 6-1, 6-4, Dlganth M beat Ayan Shetty 6-4, 6-2 and Aaradhya Mhasde beat Tejas Ravi 6-0, 7-5.
Top seeded in girl's singles, Salyette Varadkar faced little resistance from Dhatri Dave before winning in straight sets by 6-4, 6-4, whereas third seeded Angel Patel beat Miraya Agrawal 6-3, 6-3 also in straight sets.
Girls doubles (pre-quarters): Sanmitha Harini Lokesh-Deepshikha Vinayagamurthy bt Akshita Antil-Kreethika Reddy Vangala 6-0, 6-1; Mandagalla Princy-Manshi Singh bt Ayessha Bagla-Aaradhya Meena 6-2, 7-5; Shibani Gupte-Manvi Rathi bt Arundhatl Singh Dagur-Aashi Shamshery 6-3, 6-2; Eshanya Khattar-Avika Yadav bt Geetika Saraswat-Ikshita Ranjan 6-3, 6-0; lnslyah Mhowwala-Sherry Sharma bt Dhatri Dave-Kevlka Singh 6-3, 6-2; Ananya Jain-Nandini Kansal bt Miraya Agrawal-Arya Borkar 7-6 (2), 3-6, 10-2; Disha Kumar-Karthika Padmakumar bt Shireen Chowdhury-Angel Patel 6-1, 6-4.
Boys doubles (pre-quarters): Advit Tiwari-Aaradhya Mhasde bt Mehar Singh Khosla-Kaustubh Singh 6-3, 6-4; Mokshak Reddy Challa-Tejas Ravi bt Falz Ali Kidwai-Niyant Vikas 2-6, 6-3, 10-1....
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