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Shock defeat for Bopanna by unseeded Dutch
Mumbai, Dec 04: Top seed and Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna was shocked by unseeded Jasper Smit of Netherlands 6-7 (4-7) 0-6 in men`s singles pre-quarter-finals of the 10,000 USD prize money MSLTA-ITF Futures tennis tournament at the Dr Ranade Centre here yesterday.
Mumbai, Dec 04: Top seed and Indian Davis Cupper Rohan Bopanna was shocked by unseeded Jasper Smit of Netherlands 6-7 (4-7) 0-6 in men's singles pre-quarter-finals
of the 10,000 USD prize money MSLTA-ITF Futures tennis tournament at the Dr Ranade Centre here yesterday.
Another Indian Davis Cupper and second seed Harsh Mankad rallied magnificiently, after dropping the first set 5-7, to pip qualifier Murad Inoyatov of Uzbekistan 5-7 7-5 6-0 in two hours 14 minutes.
Giant-killer and Indian wild card Somdev Dev Varman, who had accounted for the third seed Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan in the earlier round Tuesday, sidelined another wild card Karan Rastogi 6-1 5-7 7-5 in two hours 25 minutes on way to the last eight stage.
Another unseeded Indian Ajay Ramaswami caused a mild flutter when he ousted eighth seed Michael Ouvarov of Great Britain 6-3 7-6 (7-2) in one hour 18 minutes.
Also moving into the quarter-finals seventh seed Mustafa Ghouse, fifth seed Sunil Kumar Sipaeya and unseeded Vinod Sridhar (all from India) and lucky loser Sarvar Ikramov of Uzbekistan.
Local lad Ghouse took one hour 33 minutes to sideline qualifier Adrian Gavrila of Romania 6-3 6-3 while Sipaeya subdued another qualifier Eduard Khan of Uzbekistan 6-4 6-1 in one hour ten minutes.
Sridhar overcame his compatriot and wild card Vishal Punna 6-2 6-3 in 58 minutes while Ikramov beat qualifier Dmitriy Makeyev of Kazakistan 6-4 6-4 in one hour 35 minutes.
Bureau Report
Another Indian Davis Cupper and second seed Harsh Mankad rallied magnificiently, after dropping the first set 5-7, to pip qualifier Murad Inoyatov of Uzbekistan 5-7 7-5 6-0 in two hours 14 minutes.
Giant-killer and Indian wild card Somdev Dev Varman, who had accounted for the third seed Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan in the earlier round Tuesday, sidelined another wild card Karan Rastogi 6-1 5-7 7-5 in two hours 25 minutes on way to the last eight stage.
Another unseeded Indian Ajay Ramaswami caused a mild flutter when he ousted eighth seed Michael Ouvarov of Great Britain 6-3 7-6 (7-2) in one hour 18 minutes.
Also moving into the quarter-finals seventh seed Mustafa Ghouse, fifth seed Sunil Kumar Sipaeya and unseeded Vinod Sridhar (all from India) and lucky loser Sarvar Ikramov of Uzbekistan.
Local lad Ghouse took one hour 33 minutes to sideline qualifier Adrian Gavrila of Romania 6-3 6-3 while Sipaeya subdued another qualifier Eduard Khan of Uzbekistan 6-4 6-1 in one hour ten minutes.
Sridhar overcame his compatriot and wild card Vishal Punna 6-2 6-3 in 58 minutes while Ikramov beat qualifier Dmitriy Makeyev of Kazakistan 6-4 6-4 in one hour 35 minutes.
Bureau Report