Ishan scores comeback win
Pune: Ishan Jigali came out with his ace game to oust Ishan Godhbharle in a 3-set battle to enter Round 2 of the MSLTA KPIT Arun Wakankar Memorial ATF Asian Under-14 Series tennis tournament on Monday.
Jigali was down after losing the first set 3-6. In the second set, he fought back strongly to take it 6-4. In the decider, Ishan gave no chance to Godbharle by winning it 6-3.
Results: (First round)
Boys: 1-Shivam Kadam bt Aryan Sutar 6-1, 6-3; Siddharth Marathe bt Aryan Hood 6-2, 6-1; Joshua Eapen bt Jaishnav Shinde 6-2, 6-1; 5-Daksh Agarwal bt Navya Verma 6-2, 6-4; 3-Anargha Ganguly bt Arnav Paparkar 6-2, 6-1; Ishan Jigali bt Ishan Godhbharle 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; 6-Manuel Josh (Gbr) bt Vineeth Mutyala 5-7, 6-2, 6-2; Manas Dhamne bt Sudhanshu Sawant 6-0, 6-2; Samar Malhotra bt Eshan Degamwar (Ire) 3-6, 6-0, 6-1; Pranav Gadgil bt Sparsh Parmar 6-2, 6-2; 4-Nithis Nallusamy bt Aryan Kotasthane 6-2, 6-3; Varshith Kumar Marreddy bt Arnav Oruganti 5-7, 7-5, 6-1; 2-Krishang Raghuvanshi bt Aditya Iyer 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Girls: 1-Pari Singh bt Ishanya Hatankar 6-2, 6-0; 7-Saumya Ronde bt Nupur Gupta 6-2, 6-1; 6-Abinaya Sweeton (Can) bt Shreyaa Goutham 6-0, 6-1; Shrwani Khawale bt Suhani Suhanimadan 6-1, 6-2; 3-Shruti Ahlawat bt Madhruima Sawant 6-1, 6-0; Ruma Gaikaiwari bt Tamanna Saini 6-1, 6-2; Kashish Bote bt Sanjivani Kutwal 6-0, 6-0.