Faisal shows the door to fifth seed Ranjeeth
The Hindu
Rajasthan’s unseeded Faisal Qamar showed the door to Tamil Nadu’s fifth-seeded V.M. Ranjeeth and entered the men’s quarterfinal of the Naushad Mather memorial AITA National-ranking tennis tournament at the Regional Sports Centre in Kochi
Rajasthan’s unseeded Faisal Qamar showed the door to Tamil Nadu’s fifth-seeded V.M. Ranjeeth 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-4 and entered the men’s quarterfinal of the Naushad Mather memorial AITA National-ranking tennis tournament at the Regional Sports Centre in Kochi on Wednesday (January 23, 2025).
The women’s fifth seed, Telangana’s Chevika Reddy, also crashed out losing to Karnataka’s unseeded Hridayeshi Pai 3-6, 5-7.
The results (singles, pre-quarterfinals):
Men: Vishnu Vardhan (Tel) bt Sarthak Suden (Del) 6-3, 6-1; Abhinav Sanjeev (TN) bt Oges Theyjo Jaya Prakash(TN) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3; Kabir Hans (Odi) bt Raj Jithendra Bagdai (Mah) 6-0, 6-0; Jagmeet Singh (Har) bt Ajay Malik (Har) 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4; Parth Agarwal (Del) bt Lohita Aksha (TN) 6-4, 6-2; Faisal Qamar (Raj) bt V.M. Ranjeeth (TN) 6-4, 6-7 (1),6-4; Nithin kumar Sinha (WB) bt Udit Kamboj (Har) 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (2); Raghav Jaisinghani (MP) bt Deepak A( KA) 6-3,6-1
Women: Pooja Ingale (Mah) bt V.S.S. Reshma (AP) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; S.R. Ananya (TN) bt Jeetesh kumari (Del) 6-3, 6-0; Sanjana Sirimala (Tel) bt Ahana Bojana (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; Sai Janvi (Kar) bt M. Harivarshine (TN) 6-1, 6-3; Hridayeshi B. Pai (Kar) bt Chevika Reddy (Tel) 6-3, 7-5; Laxmi Siri Dandu (Tel) bt Vidula Amar (Kar) 6-2, 6-2; Ishwari Ananth Matare (Mah) bt Janani Ramesh (TN) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3; Sonal Patil (Mah) bt Disha Behera (Kar) 6-2, 7-5.
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