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Sitaram survives a scare

KOLKATA: Third seed Sudanwa Sitaram of India survived a scare against compatriot Ronak Manuja before the latter conceded the opening round tie owing to injury as the main draw of the ONGC-ITF junior tennis here on Monday.

Second seed David Susanto of Indonesia too was stretched to the decider by qualifier Botir Sapaev of Uzbekistan but the former managed to prevail.

Important results (all Indian unless specified): Boys’ singles: 1-B. Vikram Reddy bt Brotgal Sergey (Kaz) 6-1, 6-2; Ben Maclachlan (Nzl) bt Mudappa Appanervanda 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Naveen Sai bt Shukhrat Gizatulin (Uzb) 6-0, 7-5; 3-Suwanwa Sitaram bt Ronak Manuja 6-2, 6-7(3), 4-2 (conceded); J. Mohit Mayur bt Lakshit Sood 6-3, 6-0; 5-Chandril Sood bt Jugal Marfatia 6-3, 6-4; 7-Riki Maclachlan (Nzl) bt Priyank Gangadharan 7-5, 6-3; 4-Christopher Marquis bt Nihal Kapoor 6-2, 7-5; Kaza Vinayak Sharma bt N. Sai Kartik 6-2, 6-7(4), 7-5; Vinay Kamineni bt Chun Ming Yam (Hkg) 6-2, 6-3; 2-David Agung Susanto (Ina) bt Botir Sapaev (Uzb) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Girls singles: 1-Grace Sari Ysidora (Ina) bt Kesika Jayapalan 6-0, 6-1; Deepti Srivastava bt Shivani S. Mysore 6-1, 6-3; 8-Kyra Shroff bt Amrita Mukherjee 6-1, 6-3; 6-Ashvrya Srivastav (Ind) bt Likitha Devraj (Ind) 6-0, 6-2. — Principal Correspondent

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