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Ronak shown the door

Principal Correspondent

KOLKATA: Romanian Andrei Savulescu got the better of sixth-seeded Ronak Manuja 6-1, 6-3 in the boys' singles main draw of the ONGC-ITF juniors (grade III) at the DKS Sports Complex here on Tuesday.

The top four seeds in the boys' section did not have to sweat much in winning their first round encounters.

Keen contest

Qualifier Christopher Marquis won the most contested match of the opening round.

The Mumbai lad impressed with his grit and temperament as he overturned the hopes of Romanian Cosim Andreescu, who was raked 467 places higher.

Yuki Bhambri, who received a wild card, had to struggle against compatriot Abhijit Tiwari but finally managed a next round berth.

There were no ruffles in the girls' singles first round as all the seeded players including eight seeded Sweta Solanki of India moved into the pre-quarterfinals.

The results (Indians unless specified):

Boys' singles: First round: Rifat Biktyakov (Uzb) bt Harshvardhan Thirani 6-0, 6-3; S. Balaji Narayanswamy bt Jae-Beom Kim (Kor) 6-3, 7-5; Shiva Sangwan bt Bibaswan Deb 6-0, 6-4; Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (Tha) bt Kaushik Das 6-3, 6-3; Akash Gujarati bt Chandril Sood 6-3, 6-4; Yuki Bhambri bt Abhijeet Tiwari 6-3, 6-4; Christopher Marquis bt Cosmin Andreescu (Rom) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(9); Khunpol Issara (Tha) bt Karunuday Singh 6-3, 5-7, 6-1; Jeong-Han Seo (Kor) bt Timur Kamilov (Uzb) 6-2, 6-2; Mansingh Athare bt Navinder Pal Singh Sidhu 0-6, 7-6(6), 6-4; Sudhanwa Sitaram bt Vishesh Bhatia 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; B. Vikram Reddy bt Priyank Gangadharan 6-2, 6-4; Andrei Savulescu (Rom) bt Ronak Manuja 6-1, 6-3; Varun Gunaseelan bt Palash Tiwari 6-4, 6-2; Agnel Gladwin Peter bt V. Sudarshan 6-2, 6-2; Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Parul Verma 6-1, 6-0.

Girls' singles: First round: Jessy Rompies (Ina) bt Arushi Sharma 6-0, 6-1; Olga Makhova (Rus) bt Garima Vatwani 6-2, 6-1; Alyona Sotnikoa (Ukr) bt G.K. Shweta 6-1, 6-4; Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (Tha) bt Mohana Sarker 6-0, 6-4; Nigora Sirojiddinova (Uzb) bt Adnya Naik 7-6(3), 6-0; Yuliya Golborodko (Ukr) bt Nandita Krishnan 6-0, 6-1; Nanuli Pipiya (Rus) bt Shahin Ansari 6-2, 6-3; Sweta Solanki bt Nupur Kaul 6-2, 6-0; Beatrice Gumulya (Ina) bt Dipti Srivastava 6-2, 6-0; Ashwarya Srivastava bt Regina Shtyagina (Rus) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1; Khunpak Issara (Tha) bt Archana Veeramachaneni 6-3, 6-3; Nadia Lalami (Mor) bt Kesika Jayapalan 6-0, 6-0; Anastasiya Vasylyeva (Ukr) bt Kyra Shroff 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-3; Prerna Bhambri bt Polina Dzyuba (Rus) 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-1; Deepna Vazirani bt Mohana Chintala 7-6(3), 4-6, 6-2; Sophia Mulsap (Tha) bt Treta Bhattacharyya 6-1, 6-1.

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