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Top seed Ishaque Eqbal entered into the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Verka CLTA-AITA National Ranking Tennis Championship at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here.
Ishaque Eqbal defeated Amit Bazad in a one sided match 6-1, 6-0 in straight sets. Fourth seed Neeraj Yashpaul overplayed Shubham Malhotra of Delhi in straight sets 6-2, 6-4. Dhananjay Singh upset 7th seed Chandril Sood in a 3 setter closed contestant match 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(2).
After f first set down Dhananjay came back strongly in second set. Dhananjay won the set 6-2, in the final set both players played high quality tennis, finally Dhananjay won the final set in tie break 7-6(2). 2nd seed Dalwinder Singh, Sarthak Suden, Suraj Prabodh, Maan Kesarwani and Siddharth Arya also advanced into Quarterfinals.
Doubles:
Top seed Chandril Sood and Lakshit Sood advanced into Semifinals in the Men’s doubles. Sood Brothers defeated Aditya Nandal and his partner Nitin Jaipal Singh 6-2, 6-2 in straight sets. Dalwinder Singh and Suraj Prabodh upset 2nd seed Maan Kesarwani and Hemant Kumar in a three setter match 3-6, 6-3, 11-9.
Results
Men’s Singles Pre-Quarterfinals; Ishaque Eqbal (WB) [1] bt. Amit Bazad (HR) 6-1, 6-0, Dhananjay Singh (HP) bt. Chandril Sood (UP) [7] 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(2), Neeraj Yashpaul (CH) [4] bt. Shubham Malhotra (DL) 6-2, 6-4, Maan Kesarwani (UP) [6] bt. Anuj Malik (HR) 6-4, 6-2, Suraj R Prabodh (KA) bt. Shivank Bhatnagar (DL) (Q) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, Sarthak Suden (DL) [3] bt. Parth Aggarwal (DL) (Q) 7-6(6), 5-2 concede, Siddharth Arya K S (TN) [8] bt. Ayush Gurnani (DL) 6-3, 6-3, Dalwinder Singh (PB) [2] bt. Lakshit Sood (UP) 6-0, 3-2 concede. Top seed Chandril Sood and Lakshit Sood advanced into Semifinals in the Men’s doubles. Sood Brothers defeated Aditya Nandal and his partner Nitin Jaipal Singh 6-2, 6-2 in straight sets. Dalwinder Singh and Suraj Prabodh upset 2nd seed Maan Kesarwani and Hemant Kumar in a three setter match 3-6, 6-3, 11-9.
Men’s Doubles Quarterfinals: Chandril Sood / Lakshit Sood (UP) [1] bt. Aditya Nandal / Nitin Jaipal Singh (HR) 6-2, 6-2, Parth Aggarwal (DL) / Ishaque Eqbal (WB) [4] bt. Udit Kamboj (HR) / Richy Chaudhary (DL) 6-4, 6-3, Neeraj Yashpaul / Siddharth Arya KS (CH) bt. Dhananjay Sngh (HP) / Dharmil Shah (PB) [3] 3-6, 6-2, 10-8, Dalwinder Singh (PB) / Suraj Prabodh (KA) bt. Maan Kesarwani / Hemant Kumar (UP) [2] 3-6, 6-3, 11-9.