India’s Navdeep Singh scripted an easy 6-3, 6-4 upset win over top seed Korean Kyu-Tae- Im while man-in-news Karan Rastogi rallied to overcome the stiff challenge of wild card entrant and compatriot Harsh Mankad scoring a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory in the $ 15,000 ITF tournament that commenced at the DLTA Complex here on Monday.
Eighth-seeded Karan Rastogi, who is involved in the ongoing Davis Cup drama battled for more than two hours to stay afloat in the tournament as he managed to pull off a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 win over his opponent.
Navdeep made most of the opportunities as he was on advantage with his opponent wasn’t feeling well. He will now meet the winner of the match between Divij Sharan and Huai-en Chang in the next round.
Vivek Shokeen outclassed Aditya Madkekar 6-1, 6-4 while Delhi's Ashutosh Singh fought hard before losing out to third-seeded Spaniard Guillermo Alcaide 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in his opening round match. Vinod Sridhar quelled the challenge of Vishnu Vardhan 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Results (first round):
Singles: Navdeep Singh bt Kyu-tae Im (KOR) 6-3, 6-4; Karan Rastogi bt Harsh Mankad 3-6, 6-3, 6-1; Guillermo Alcaide (ESP) bt Ashutosh Singh 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Sun Peng (CHN) bt Tsung-hua Yang (TPE) 6-1, 6-4; Vinod Sridhar bt Vishnu Vardhan 7-6 (6), 6-4; Vivek Shokeen bt Aditya Madkekar 6-1, 6-4.
Doubles: Mustafa Ghouse/Purav Raja bt Huaien Chang/Hsien-yin Peng (TPE) 6-3, 6-1; Hsinhan Lee/Tsung-hua Yang bt Tzu-yang Lin (TPE)/Hyun-woo Nam (KOR) 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 11-9; VInod Sridhar/Vishnu Vardhan bt Rohan Gajjar/Aditya Madkekar 6-2, 6-2; VIjay Sunder Prasanth/Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan bt Kamala Kannan/Srirambalaji Narayanaswamy 6-3, 6-5; Aqeel Khan (PAK)/Yannick Nelord bt Arjun Goutham/Kaushik Raju 6-3, 6-1; Vijay Kannan/Alexey Kedriouk bt Shuan-quiang Liang/Wang Yu jr (CHN) 6-3, 7-5
Puneet sails Collage Group to quarters
A fine knock of 55 by Delhi Ranji wicketkeeper Puneet Bisht helped Collage Group beat ITC XI by a massive margin of 132 runs to enter the quarter-finals of the second Mahender Shokeen Memorial Cricket tournament.
Brief scores: Collage Group: 208/8 in 40 overs (Puneet Bisht 55, Ashish Sharma 43, Pramod Bhati 30; KS Rana 3/29) beat ITC XI: 76 in 15.4 overs (Pankaj Joshi 31; Sanjay Gill 3/18 Joginder Singh 3/18, Adil Ahmad 2/13).
Mobin’s all-round display
Fine all-round display by Mobin Ahmad (3/38, 70) helped Railways beat Ministry of External Affairs by seven wickets in a league match of the eighth Commonwealth cricket tournament.
Brief scores: MEA: 193 in 28.2 overs (Manoj Mandal 67, SPS Rawat 59; Manish Singh 3/20, Mobin Ahmad 3/38, Sanjay Bajpai 2/31) lost to Railways: 194/3 in 22.4 overs (Mobin Ahmad 70, Vikas Chaubey 48 n.o; MH Bisht 2/28).
North Zone lifts VC Cup
A fine all-round display by Suresh Kohli (3/24, 68 not out) helped North Zone beat Vikas Sadan by 10 wickets and win VC Cup Cricket tournament.
Brief scores: Vikas Sadan XI: 121 in 30 overs (Indresh Kumar 38, OP Chauhan 35; Suresh Kohli 3/24, Ravi Mahajan 3/25) lost to North Zone: 125 in 23.2 overs (Suresh Kohli 68 n.o, NK Khaldi 38 n.o.).
DDCA league
Ashoka Club beat Rajdhani Club by 102 runs while Madras club lost to Kishan Ganj Colts by eight wickets in their respective matches of the DDCA League.
Brief scores: Ashoka Club: 213/9 in 40 overs (Karamveer Mann 58, Abhishek Bhandari 47; Ravinder Dahiya 3/33) beat Rajdhani Club: 111 in 31 overs (Manish Tehlan 25; Ravinder Bhola 4/14, Jagpreet Singh 2/17).
Madras Club: 175 in 39 overs lost to Kishan Ganj Colts: 176/2 in 36 overs; Young Cricketers: 324/8 in 40 overs beat Paragon Club: 72 in 28 overs
Agnesh’s ton sails Vidya Jain Academy to finals
Fine century knock by Agnesh Surya (132) helped Vidya Jain Academy beat RCN Club by 79 runs to enter the final of the ninth Goswami Girdhari Lal Memorial Cricket tournament.
Brief scores: Vidya Jain: 291/9 in 40 overs (Agnesh Surya 132, Deepak Sharma 48; M Atiq 4/30, Rahul Rana 3/29) beat RCN: 212 in 39.3 overs (Arun Mishra 59, Farshat Hussen 69; Naresh Jain 3/41, Deepak Sharma 2/13, Chetan Sharma 2/40).
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