Qualifier Siddharth Reddy Upsets Fourth-seed Fahad
: Qualifier Siddharth Reddy shocked fourth-seed Mohammed Fahad, winning 6-4,6-4 in the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the AITA national series tennis tournament,sponsored by eNoah iSolution at MPTA @KTC-OMR here.
Chennai, Sep 4 (PTI): Qualifier Siddharth Reddy shocked fourth-seed Mohammed Fahad, winning 6-4,6-4 in the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the AITA national series tennis tournament,sponsored by eNoah iSolution at MPTA @KTC-OMR here.
Reddy fought back from 2-4 down in the first set by winning four straight games and seize the advantage.
In other matches, talented Tamil Nadu advanced when his opponent Lohith Aksha conceded while trailing 1-6, 0-1.
Results: Men's singles (Pre-quarterfinals): Dhakshineshwar Suresh beat Lohith Aksha 6-1, 6-0 (conceded); Ganta Sai Karteek Reddy beat Ishan Mahmood Husain 6-2, 7-5 Siddharth Reddy beat Mohd Fahad 6-4,6-4; Bharat N Kumaran beat Manish G 6-1, 6-3; Deepak Senthil Kumar beat Krishna Teja Raja 7-5, 6-0.
Pagalavan beat Gokul Suresh 6-4, 2-0 (conceded); Kavin Masilamani beat Yeshwanth Loganathan 7-6(4), 6-3; Prithvi Sekhar beat Sathya Maran 7-6(5), 6-1.
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