While top seed Sriram Balaji eased past compatriot Lakshit Sood, second seed Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan staved off a stern defiance from Sidharth Rawat. The day, though, belonged to the unseeded Prajnesh Gunneswaran and Garvit, who stunned better-seeded Keith Patrick Crowley of South Africa and Vinayak Sharma Kaza respectively.
RESULTS: Men’s singles: Karunuday Singh (IND) [8] bt Abhijeet Tiwari (IND) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1, Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) [2] bt Sidharth Rawat (IND) 7-6(4), 6-4, Prajnesh Gunneswaran (IND) bt Keith-Patrick Crowley (RSA) [5] 6-2, 6-4, N Sriram Balaji (IND) [1] bt Lakshit Sood (IND), 6-3, 6-2, Garvit Batra (IND) bt Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND) [7] 4-6, 7-6(2), 7-6(5), Toshihide Matsui (JPN) [4] bt Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) 6-4, 6-1, Bumpei Sato (JPN) [6] bt Ronak Manuja (IND) 6-4, 6-0, Vijayant Malik (IND) [3] bt Jatin Dahiya (IND) 6-2, 6-2.
Men’s doubles: Keith-Patrick Crowley (RSA) [2] / Arun-Prakash Rajagopalan bt Neeraj Elangovan (IND) / Ajai Selvaraj (IND) 6-4, 6-2, Fariz Mohammed (IND) / Vignesh Peranamallur (IND) bt Vinayak Sharma Kaza (IND) / Abhijeet Tiwari (IND) [4] 6-3, 6-2, Toshihide Matsui (JPN) [3] / Bumpei Sato (JPN) bt Kunal Anand (IND) / Ronak Manuja (IND) 6-2, 6-1, N Sriram Balaji (IND) / Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (IND) [1] Vs. Anvit Bendre (IND) / Tushar Mandlekar (IND) 6-4, 6-3.
IOB Enter Semis
Indian Navy, IOB, ONGC and Indian Army teams entered the semifinal stage of the fourth All India Basketball Tournament for the Jeppiaar Trophy. Indian Navy made it to the last four after a hard fought victory over hosts Jeppiaar Institute of Technology 58-51. Southern Railway will clash with Western Railway in the women’s final. Earlier former champions Indian Army beat Income Tax to enter the knockout stage in Pool A.