Indian desk tennis nice Achanta Sharath Kamal rolled again the years with a straight-game win over tenth seed Nicholas Lum of Australia on the WTT Star Contender event, on Friday.
Indian desk tennis nice Sharath Kamal in motion.(HT_PRINT)
Sharath, taking part in in his farewell occasion, led three extra Indians into the Spherical of 16 after Manav Thakkar and Snehit Suravajjula progressed in males’s singles whereas Krittwika Roy superior in girls’s singles.
Taking part in in opposition to an opponent 23 years youthful than him, the five-time Olympian Sharath took the primary two video games by an identical 11-8 scorelines.
Unleashing devastating finishers with each his forehand and backhand, Sharath opened a five-point lead within the third sport, earlier than ending Lum off with a scintillating down-the-line backhand smash.
The 42-year-old Indian will play his standard males’s doubles associate Snehit within the Spherical of 16 on Saturday, after the teenager got here from two video games all the way down to stage a exceptional comeback win in opposition to seventh seed Yukiya Uda of Japan.
Earlier within the day, Manav Thakkar saved his hopes of silverware alive with a assured win in opposition to eleventh seed Finn Luu in males’s singles.
Thakkar and Luu exchanged video games early, however the former gained the higher hand within the third sport and retained his lead till the tip for a 3-1 win.
Within the girls’s singles, Indian wildcard Krittwika pulled off an exciting victory over tenth seed Sreeja Akula within the Spherical of 32, rising triumphant in a five-game battle 3-2 to ebook her spot within the subsequent spherical.
Elsewhere, Tomokazu Harimoto, Hugo Calderano, Hina Hayata and Miwa Harimoto superior to the Spherical of 16.
Harimoto overcame Maharu Yoshimura in a hard-fought match, whereas Calderano battled again to beat Ho Kwan Equipment 3-1. Hina Hayata dispatched Li Yu-Jhun 3-0, and Miwa Harimoto earned a simple win over Yeh Yi-Tian.
The lads’s doubles semifinals noticed prime seeds Tomokazu Harimoto and Sora Matsushima edge previous Wong Chun Ting and Chan Baldwin in a five-game thriller, successful 3-2.
In the meantime, Korea Republic’s Lim Jong-hoon and An Jae-hyun defeated India’s wildcard duo Sharath and Snehit 3-1.
In girls’s doubles, Miwa Harimoto and Miyuu Kihara ousted prime seeds Satsuki Odo and Sakura Yokoi 3-0, whereas Korea Republic’s Shin Yu-bin and Ryu Hanna superior with a 3-0 win over Joo Cheonhui and Miyu Nagasaki.