Manuja, Reddy advance in ITF tournament

September 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - Delhi's Yannick Nelord shocked sixth-seeded Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan in a three-setter while teenage sensation Yuki Bhambri had little difficulty in prevailing over qualifier Rohan Gide to reach the pre-quarterfinals of the $15,000 ONGC-ITF tournament here Tuesday. Yannick came back strongly after dropping the opening set to win 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 in 137 minutes at the Bengal Tennis Association Complex.

September 27th, 2009 KOLKATA - Indias teenage sensation and fifth-seeded Yuki Bhambri will open his campaign against qualifier Rohan Gide in the $15,000 ONGC-ITF Futures tournament that begins here Monday. Third seed and national grasscourt champion Vishnu Vardhan takes on compatriot Vivek Shokeen in another opening round match at the Bengal Tennis Association Complex.

August 21st, 2009 CHENNAI - The Adidas-MCC National Junior Tennis Championship, scheduled to be held here Aug 24-29, has attracted over 500 entries. The event comprises singles and doubles matches for boys and girls in under-14 and 18 categories and the players would receive a daily allowance of Rs.800, according to Vivek Reddy, organising secretary of the championship.

August 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Top seed Vishnu Vardhan of India recovered from a second-set setback on a hot, humid day to beat temperamental Briton Max Jones 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, and enter the quarter-finals of the $10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) at the DLTA complex here Wednesday. The 22-year-old Vardhan, who won the last ITF tournament here in July, served big and his powerful groundstrokes rattled his opponent.

August 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Fourth-seeded Indian Rohan Gajjar, finalist in the last ITF tournament here a month ago, looked rusty and was upstaged in the first round this time around by compatriot N.Vijay Sundar Prashanth, 6-7(5), 4-6, in the $10,000 tournament at the DLTA complex Tuesday. Gajjar looked listless as he frittered away break opportunities in both the sets.

August 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Top seed Vishnu Vardhan will lead the Indian challenge in the first of the three back-to-back $10,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournaments that begins at the DLTA complex here Monday. Vishnu, ranked 451, had won his maiden ITF title here last month.

July 22nd, 2009 Chardy, Soderling advance at German OpenHAMBURG — Robin Soderling and Jeremy Chardy, who both won tournaments last week, extended their winning streaks on clay Wednesday to advance to the third round of the German Open. Soderling, who won his home Swedish Open in Bastad on Sunday, outlasted Fabio Fognini of Italy 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-3.

July 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pranav Chopra and Prajakta Sawant kept Indian hopes alive in the Asian Junior Badminton Championships when they entered the mixed doubles semi-final here Friday. Chopra and Sawant beat Malaysia's Tan Wee Tat and Ng Hui Ern 21-17, 21-12 on a day when other Indians lost in their respective categories.

July 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian shuttlers enjoyed another good day in office with four of them advancing to singles pre-quarterfinals in the Asian Junior badminton championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. B. Sumeeth Reddy and H.S.

July 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian shuttlers made an impressive start to their campaign in Asian Junior Badminton championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In the girl's singles, P.

July 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Fourth-seeded Yuki Bhambri battled past Israeli qualifier Tal Eros 6-2, 2-6, 6-3 to enter the quarterfinals of the $15,000 Central Bank International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament at the DLTA complex here Wednesday. Yuki, who won last week's ITF event, looked poised to win in straight sets but could not stop the tall Israeli from taking the match into the decider.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's Ashutosh Singh upset third seed Hyun-woo Nam of South Korea 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 while Yuki Bhambri dispatched qualifier Ashwin Vijayragavan 6-1, 6-2 to enter the quarter-finals of the $15,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament at DLTA here Wednesday. Second-seeded Vishnu Vardhan, too, advanced to the quarter-final with a 6-4, 6-3 win over qualifier Vijay Kannan and so did fifth-seeded Divij Sharan who survived the first set onslaught from Purav Raja 7-6(1), 6-2 to set up a next round meeting with Yuki.

June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vivek Shokeen overcame a cramping Vijayant Malik 3-6, 6-4, 7-5 to enter the second round of the $15,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in hot and humid conditions at the DLTA complex here Monday. Shokeen has thus beaten teenager Malik for the second successive time, having beaten him in straight sets in an ITF tournament in Kolkata last year.

June 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - After a two-week stint at the prestigious Nick Bollettieri Academy at Florida, Yuki Bhambri feels he is well prepared for the two back-to-back $15,000 International Tennis Federation (ITF) men's Futures that begin at the DLTA complex here Monday. Yuki, who won successive ITF titles here in April-May, skipped the the junior Wimbledon earlier this month to focus on the men's tour.

June 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Anup Sridhar and Saina Nehwal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Aviva Singapore Open Super Series badminton tournament with fighting victories Thursday. Sridhar, who had to qualify for the main draw, upset second seed Peter Gade of Denmark 21-19, 16-21, 21-13 in the almost hour-long contest.