HYDERABAD: Abhishek S.V., down in the first set, clawed his way back to defeat Vedant Kapoor 5-7, 7-5, 7-5 in the opening round of the boys’ singles in the Vijay Textiles International Tennis Federation junior circuit tennis tournament here at the Sports Authority of Andhra Pradesh complex here on Monday.
The results (first round, all players Indian, unless otherwise indicated): Boys: Suraj Desai bt Yash Rawal (Kenya) 7-5, 6-1, Himanshu Mali bt A.S. Aswin Nambi 7-5, 1-6, 6-3, Min Hokim (Korea) bt Kamal S. 6-1, 6-4, Akshay Kohli t Rohan Shah 6-0, 7-5, Sagar Ahuja bt Gautham 6-4, 6-2, Sidharth S. bt Aroon Khattar 6-0, 6-2, Rishabdev R. Raman 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (3), Abhishek S.V. bt Vedant Kapoor 5-7, 7-5, 7-5, Dhruv Gupta bt Jagadeesan Kumar 1-6, 6-2, 6-4, Monal Chillar bt K. Pradeep Reddy 6-4, 2-6, 6-1, Chetan Pandit bt Sagar Manjunath 6-1, 6-1, Sushanth Nambiar bt Aadikh Sardesai 6-1, 6-2.
