It may not win any fashion awards, but eye-catching kinesiology tape continues to grow in popularity with pro tennis players. Invented in the 1970s by Japanese chiropractor Dr. Kenzo Kase, the tape has many benefits, including management of a variety of injuries afflicting players, including shoulder, knee and even back complaints.
Novak Djokovic wore very conspicuous kinesiology tape around his left knee during his title run at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Feb 2011, saying it was a ‘precaution’ only. Anyone who witnessed Djokovic’s outstanding play and exceptional court coverage could see one of the key benefits of the tape: Unlike regular tape, it does not impede movement - good movement, that is.
“The tape is very helpful to players, assisting with posture, decreasing pain, and improving range of motion," says ATP physiotherapist Clay Sniteman.
Kinesiology tape is ideal to use to support a knee which may not be tracking properly, because you can apply it to allow movement in one direction, but not the other. Other forms of tape, typically wrapped tight for compression, are more rigid and overly restrict a player’s movement. On the ATP World Tour, good movement is fundamental to success. How important is movement? As tennis fans know, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Djokovic aren’t just three of the best shotmakers in the game; they are three of the best movers.
Kinesiology tape, which is tensioned and applied in a variety of patterns, is also well suited for shoulders. The tape can allow for movement in the direction the shoulder should move, but avoid improper movements that can cause or exacerbate injuries.
Applied firmly to clean, sweat-free and hair-free skin, the breathable and stretchable tape can stay in place for up to five days. It can also be used to treat swelling and for proprioception, to keep acute or chronic knee and shoulder problems in a pain-free range. The tape can be used on virtually all joints, although it is rarely applied to the hands and wrist, where players do not want to restrict motion.
The tape can be used to lift the skin, allowing fluid to drain. Following operations the tape can be used to decrease acute swelling and inflammation by improving circulation, and to reduce pain.
Kinesiology tape is widely available for purchase in sports stores and on the internet, with a 16 foot roll retailing for around $11.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
3RD ICEDALE OPEN
The 3rd ICEDALE OPEN will be held at Deccan Gymkhana Tennis courts on the 6th and 7th of February 2009. This is an annual doubles tournament.
There are new additions in the doubles categories this year. There was an input from participants in the last two years that for seniors the age difference for categories should not be more than 10 years. This year in the men's category, the age groups are -
1. OPEN
2. 45 plus
3. 55 plus
4. 65 plus
In the women's section too there was a demand to split the age groups -
1. OPEN
2. 40 plus
In addition to these changes, there will be ball boys for all matches. Water bottles will be provided to all participants during each match.
The prize money this year is Rs. 25,000/-. We expect some tough competition in all categories
As always the player's dinner and prize distribution will be held at Deccan Gymkhana terrace on Sunday the 7th of February 2010
Mukund Joshi & Sudheer Ranade
There are new additions in the doubles categories this year. There was an input from participants in the last two years that for seniors the age difference for categories should not be more than 10 years. This year in the men's category, the age groups are -
1. OPEN
2. 45 plus
3. 55 plus
4. 65 plus
In the women's section too there was a demand to split the age groups -
1. OPEN
2. 40 plus
In addition to these changes, there will be ball boys for all matches. Water bottles will be provided to all participants during each match.
The prize money this year is Rs. 25,000/-. We expect some tough competition in all categories
As always the player's dinner and prize distribution will be held at Deccan Gymkhana terrace on Sunday the 7th of February 2010
Mukund Joshi & Sudheer Ranade
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
ITF Futures Finals
Turner is King at $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA ITF Futures
Pune, October 10 : New Zealand Davis Cupper and top seed Daniel KingTurner justified his top billing as he quelled the challenge ofsecond seededseed Alexander Satschko of Germany to lift the men's singles title atthe Bilcare Foundation supported $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’sITF Tennis Futuresorganized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club which concluded at their tenniscourts here today.
The lone in a well contested final lasting 2 hours and 1 minutes ,played on the hard courts the composed Kiwi Daniel King Turner scored6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 win over German Alexander Satschko to win the top prizeof $ 1950 and 25 points . The runnersup Satschko had to be contentwith$1350 and 14 points for his effort .
In the 1st set Satschko broke King in 3rd game but King Turner brokeback in 10th game to level scores and face a tiebreak, but Satschkoplayed solidly to take the tiebreak 7-3 and win the first set , in thesecond set King broke the German in the 5th game and then held on tohis serve to win the second set 6-4 and level scores. In the third serKing broke in 1st and 7th games to win the set rather easily and winthe crown .
"I'm happy to have won my first title in India and will surely backfor many more" said an elated Turner. I've been playing well throughtthe week and have played some good tennis and won against some goodplayers this week" he added .
The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Mohan Bhandari ofBilcare Foundation and Mr Ashish Sandu General Secretary of DeccanGymkhana. The tournament director Nitin Joshi welcomed the guests ,while organising commitee member Prashant Gosavi proposed the vote of thanks
Following are the resultsS.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) 6-7 (3) 6-4 6-2
Pune, October 10 : New Zealand Davis Cupper and top seed Daniel KingTurner justified his top billing as he quelled the challenge ofsecond seededseed Alexander Satschko of Germany to lift the men's singles title atthe Bilcare Foundation supported $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’sITF Tennis Futuresorganized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club which concluded at their tenniscourts here today.
The lone in a well contested final lasting 2 hours and 1 minutes ,played on the hard courts the composed Kiwi Daniel King Turner scored6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 win over German Alexander Satschko to win the top prizeof $ 1950 and 25 points . The runnersup Satschko had to be contentwith$1350 and 14 points for his effort .
In the 1st set Satschko broke King in 3rd game but King Turner brokeback in 10th game to level scores and face a tiebreak, but Satschkoplayed solidly to take the tiebreak 7-3 and win the first set , in thesecond set King broke the German in the 5th game and then held on tohis serve to win the second set 6-4 and level scores. In the third serKing broke in 1st and 7th games to win the set rather easily and winthe crown .
"I'm happy to have won my first title in India and will surely backfor many more" said an elated Turner. I've been playing well throughtthe week and have played some good tennis and won against some goodplayers this week" he added .
The prizes were given away at the hands of Mr. Mohan Bhandari ofBilcare Foundation and Mr Ashish Sandu General Secretary of DeccanGymkhana. The tournament director Nitin Joshi welcomed the guests ,while organising commitee member Prashant Gosavi proposed the vote of thanks
Following are the resultsS.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) 6-7 (3) 6-4 6-2
ITF Futures - Day 5
Turner to clash with Satschko in finals of $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITAITF Futures. Vardhan/Sharan lift doubles crown
Pune, October 9: Top seed Daniel King Turner, will clash with secondseed Alexander Satschko in the finals of the Bilcare Foundationsupported $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures
organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tennis courts.
The lone Indian in the fray Rohan Gajjar had a bad day as he lost inboth events, in the singles semifinals the second seeded GermanAlexander Satschko stopped the sixth seeded Gajjar 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 ina 2 hrs 27 min tussle , while the topseeded New Zealand davis CupperDaniel King Turner outplayed Korean Kim Young Jun 6-3 7-6(8-6) in amatch lasting 1 hr 40 min
In the doubles finals second seeded pair of Divij Sharan /VishnuVardhan gave Gajjar the second shock of the day when they upset thetopseeded pair of Gajjar/Purav Raja 7-5, 6-3 in 1 hr 17 mins
This is my second week in India and finally I have found my bearings,I'm playing well .rohan played well but I'm happy to have won saidSatschko after the matchI could have done better , said the lanky Gajjar after his match.
In a well contested match both players played consistent tennis . Inthe fisrt set Satschko broke Gajjar in the 5th game to take the set. nthe second set king turner broke Kim in 2nd game of first set, in thesecond set Gajjar broke in the sixth game and levelled the set scores.in the decider , Gajjar was broken in the sixth game when he wasserving 2-3 and then on could not make a comeback
Gajjar got 7 points and $720 for his performance here,while the doubles winner pair will get 25 points, the runners up 14, the Semifinalists 7 points.
The finals of the event will be played tommorrow.
Following are the results
S.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) 6-3 7-6(8-6);Match time: 1 hr 40 minS.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt S.6 Rohan Gajjar (Ind) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3;2 hrs 27 min
Doubles (Finals)(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt (S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja7-5, 6-3, 1 hr 17 mins
Pune, October 9: Top seed Daniel King Turner, will clash with secondseed Alexander Satschko in the finals of the Bilcare Foundationsupported $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures
organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tennis courts.
The lone Indian in the fray Rohan Gajjar had a bad day as he lost inboth events, in the singles semifinals the second seeded GermanAlexander Satschko stopped the sixth seeded Gajjar 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 ina 2 hrs 27 min tussle , while the topseeded New Zealand davis CupperDaniel King Turner outplayed Korean Kim Young Jun 6-3 7-6(8-6) in amatch lasting 1 hr 40 min
In the doubles finals second seeded pair of Divij Sharan /VishnuVardhan gave Gajjar the second shock of the day when they upset thetopseeded pair of Gajjar/Purav Raja 7-5, 6-3 in 1 hr 17 mins
This is my second week in India and finally I have found my bearings,I'm playing well .rohan played well but I'm happy to have won saidSatschko after the matchI could have done better , said the lanky Gajjar after his match.
In a well contested match both players played consistent tennis . Inthe fisrt set Satschko broke Gajjar in the 5th game to take the set. nthe second set king turner broke Kim in 2nd game of first set, in thesecond set Gajjar broke in the sixth game and levelled the set scores.in the decider , Gajjar was broken in the sixth game when he wasserving 2-3 and then on could not make a comeback
Gajjar got 7 points and $720 for his performance here,while the doubles winner pair will get 25 points, the runners up 14, the Semifinalists 7 points.
The finals of the event will be played tommorrow.
Following are the results
S.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) 6-3 7-6(8-6);Match time: 1 hr 40 minS.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt S.6 Rohan Gajjar (Ind) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3;2 hrs 27 min
Doubles (Finals)(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt (S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja7-5, 6-3, 1 hr 17 mins
ITF Futures - Day 4
Gajjar lone Indian in Semis of $15000 Deccan Gymkhana – AITA Men’sTennis Futures
Pune, October 9: Rohan Gajjar will be lone Indian in action in theSemifinals, as other Indians Karan Rastogi , Rupesh Roy Ranjit ViraliMurugesan , Vijayant Malik crashed out of the $15000 DeccanGymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures organized by the DeccanGymkhana Club at their tennis courts.
Top seeds Daniel King Turner, second seed Alexander Satschko andfourth seeded Young –Jun Kim of Korea also made it to the last fourstage.
In the event supported by Bilcare Foundation Rohan Gajjar displayedaggression to put out country mate Vijayant Malik 6-0, 6-3 in a 54minute tussle. “I’m thrilled the way I played, I’ve been playing welland hope to do better here” said the lanky Gajjar after his match.With this performance Gajjar is expected to break in the top 500bracket.
In the semifinals Gajjar will take on second seeded Alexander Satschkoranked 323 in a one sided 1 hour 27 min encounter Satschko playedsolid tennis to outplay fifth seed Ranjeet Virali Murugesan 6-1,6-3.
Top seeded and 317th ranked New Zealand Davis Cupper Daniel kingturner spoilt the winning run of Birthday boy Karan Rastogi stoppinghim 6-3,6-2 in a 1 hr 5 minute match. Turner looked in great form ashe attacked rastogi on both flanks. “I’ve heard Karan is good player,but today I planned my match. I’m happy to play in India and I like toplay here” Turner said.
Turner will take on Fourth seeded Kim Young Jun of Korea, who wasgiven a fright by eighth seeded Rupesh Roy, runners-up of the KolkattaFutures last week. Kim Young won 2-6,6-2,6-3 in a 1hour 42 minutematch . Roy broke him in the 1st and 5th game of the first set to takethe set at 6-2. Roy looked comfortable leading 2-1 I the second setbut Kim lifted his game and pace and went on to break Roy in the 6thand 8th games in the second set and take the set 6-2 and level scores.In the third set Kim broke Roy in the sixth game and then held hisserves to win the set and the match 6-3.
Gajjar along with Purav Raja also made it to the Men’s doubles finalin the semifinals the pair managed to scrape past Mithun Murali and N.Vijay Sundar Prasanth 3-6, 6-4, 10-5. They will now take on DivijSharan and Vishnu Vardhan who survived 2 match points to get pastAbhijeet Tiwari and Akash Wagh 6-1,6-7(8-6) 10-6 to make it to finals.
The singles semifinals will be played 10 am onwards, followed by thedoubles finals.
Men’s Singles (Quarterfinals)S.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt Karan Rastogi (Ind) 6-3,6-2S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt S.8 Rupesh Roy 2-6,6-2,6-3S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Vijayant Malik 6-0,6-3S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan 6-1,6-3
Doubles (Semifinals)(S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja bt Mithun Murali / N Vijay Sundar 3-6,6-4,10-5(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt Abhijeet Tiwari / Akash Wagh6-1,6-7(6),10-6
Pune, October 9: Rohan Gajjar will be lone Indian in action in theSemifinals, as other Indians Karan Rastogi , Rupesh Roy Ranjit ViraliMurugesan , Vijayant Malik crashed out of the $15000 DeccanGymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures organized by the DeccanGymkhana Club at their tennis courts.
Top seeds Daniel King Turner, second seed Alexander Satschko andfourth seeded Young –Jun Kim of Korea also made it to the last fourstage.
In the event supported by Bilcare Foundation Rohan Gajjar displayedaggression to put out country mate Vijayant Malik 6-0, 6-3 in a 54minute tussle. “I’m thrilled the way I played, I’ve been playing welland hope to do better here” said the lanky Gajjar after his match.With this performance Gajjar is expected to break in the top 500bracket.
In the semifinals Gajjar will take on second seeded Alexander Satschkoranked 323 in a one sided 1 hour 27 min encounter Satschko playedsolid tennis to outplay fifth seed Ranjeet Virali Murugesan 6-1,6-3.
Top seeded and 317th ranked New Zealand Davis Cupper Daniel kingturner spoilt the winning run of Birthday boy Karan Rastogi stoppinghim 6-3,6-2 in a 1 hr 5 minute match. Turner looked in great form ashe attacked rastogi on both flanks. “I’ve heard Karan is good player,but today I planned my match. I’m happy to play in India and I like toplay here” Turner said.
Turner will take on Fourth seeded Kim Young Jun of Korea, who wasgiven a fright by eighth seeded Rupesh Roy, runners-up of the KolkattaFutures last week. Kim Young won 2-6,6-2,6-3 in a 1hour 42 minutematch . Roy broke him in the 1st and 5th game of the first set to takethe set at 6-2. Roy looked comfortable leading 2-1 I the second setbut Kim lifted his game and pace and went on to break Roy in the 6thand 8th games in the second set and take the set 6-2 and level scores.In the third set Kim broke Roy in the sixth game and then held hisserves to win the set and the match 6-3.
Gajjar along with Purav Raja also made it to the Men’s doubles finalin the semifinals the pair managed to scrape past Mithun Murali and N.Vijay Sundar Prasanth 3-6, 6-4, 10-5. They will now take on DivijSharan and Vishnu Vardhan who survived 2 match points to get pastAbhijeet Tiwari and Akash Wagh 6-1,6-7(8-6) 10-6 to make it to finals.
The singles semifinals will be played 10 am onwards, followed by thedoubles finals.
Men’s Singles (Quarterfinals)S.1 Daniel King Turner (Nzl) bt Karan Rastogi (Ind) 6-3,6-2S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt S.8 Rupesh Roy 2-6,6-2,6-3S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Vijayant Malik 6-0,6-3S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan 6-1,6-3
Doubles (Semifinals)(S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja bt Mithun Murali / N Vijay Sundar 3-6,6-4,10-5(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt Abhijeet Tiwari / Akash Wagh6-1,6-7(6),10-6
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
ITF Futures Day 3
Rastogi moves into quarterfinals of $15000 Deccan Gymkhana – AITAMen’s Tennis Futures
Pune, October 7: Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi continued hiswinning run making it to the quarterfinals of the $15000 DeccanGymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures organized by the DeccanGymkhana Club at their tennis courts. All the other seeds also movedinto the last eight of the event.
In the event supported by Bilcare Foundation Wildcard Rastogi playedsolid tennis to outplay Mithun Murali (Ind) 6-3,6-3 to make it thefirst quarterfinal in the men’s event after an 16 month lay off ,Rastogi will now clash with top seeded Kiwi Davis Cupper Daniel KingTurner who hit out P.C Vignesh 6-4,6-1
Fourth seeded Kim Young Jun of Korea outplayed Vinod Shridhar 6-3,6-2to set up a clash with eighth seeded Rupesh Roy who made heavy weatherof his match against Yannick Nelord winning 6-3,7-5.
Sixth seeded Rohan Gajjar scored an easy 6-3, 6-3 win over FrenchmanGilles de Sousa and will take on Vijayant Malik who stopped the run ofPurav Raja 6-4, 6-4. Second seeded German Alexander Satschko thrashedChristopher Marquis 6-1,6-0 and will now meet fifth seeded RanjeetVirali Murugesan who disposed off S. Narayanswami 6-3,6-0
The local interest in the doubles event remained with Akash Wagh whoteamed with Abhijeet Tiwari putting out Sood Brothers Chandril andLakshit 6-4,6-4 to enter the semifinals. While in another encounterMithun Murali teaming up with N Vijay Sundar scraped past the pair ofNitten Kirrtane and Aditya Madkekar 7-5,3-6,10-4
The quarterfinals of singles and the Doubles semifinals will be played tomorrow.
Men’s Singles (Second Round)
S.1 Daniel King Turner(Nzl) bt P.C Vignesh 6-4,6-1Karan Rastogi (Ind) bt Mithun Murali (Ind) 6-3,6-3S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt Vinod Shridhar(Ind) 6-3,6-2S.8 Rupesh Roy bt Yannick Nelord (Ind) 6-3,7-5S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Gilles de Sousa (Fra) 6-3, 6-3Vijayant Malik bt Purav Raja 6-4,6-4S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan bt S. Narayanswami 6-3,6-0 S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt Christopher Marquis 6-1,6-0
Doubles (Quarterfinals)(S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja bt Yannick Nelord/ Vikram Reddy 6-1,6-4Abhijeet Tiwari / Akash Wagh bt Chandril Sood/ Lakshit Sood 6-4,6-4Mithun Murali / N Vijay Sundar bt Nitten Kirrtane / Aditya Madkekar 7-5,3-6,10-4(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt Bhishma Desai / Krishik Divakar 6-3,6-0
Mukund Joshi
Pune, October 7: Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi continued hiswinning run making it to the quarterfinals of the $15000 DeccanGymkhana-AITA Men’s ITF Tennis Futures organized by the DeccanGymkhana Club at their tennis courts. All the other seeds also movedinto the last eight of the event.
In the event supported by Bilcare Foundation Wildcard Rastogi playedsolid tennis to outplay Mithun Murali (Ind) 6-3,6-3 to make it thefirst quarterfinal in the men’s event after an 16 month lay off ,Rastogi will now clash with top seeded Kiwi Davis Cupper Daniel KingTurner who hit out P.C Vignesh 6-4,6-1
Fourth seeded Kim Young Jun of Korea outplayed Vinod Shridhar 6-3,6-2to set up a clash with eighth seeded Rupesh Roy who made heavy weatherof his match against Yannick Nelord winning 6-3,7-5.
Sixth seeded Rohan Gajjar scored an easy 6-3, 6-3 win over FrenchmanGilles de Sousa and will take on Vijayant Malik who stopped the run ofPurav Raja 6-4, 6-4. Second seeded German Alexander Satschko thrashedChristopher Marquis 6-1,6-0 and will now meet fifth seeded RanjeetVirali Murugesan who disposed off S. Narayanswami 6-3,6-0
The local interest in the doubles event remained with Akash Wagh whoteamed with Abhijeet Tiwari putting out Sood Brothers Chandril andLakshit 6-4,6-4 to enter the semifinals. While in another encounterMithun Murali teaming up with N Vijay Sundar scraped past the pair ofNitten Kirrtane and Aditya Madkekar 7-5,3-6,10-4
The quarterfinals of singles and the Doubles semifinals will be played tomorrow.
Men’s Singles (Second Round)
S.1 Daniel King Turner(Nzl) bt P.C Vignesh 6-4,6-1Karan Rastogi (Ind) bt Mithun Murali (Ind) 6-3,6-3S.4 Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt Vinod Shridhar(Ind) 6-3,6-2S.8 Rupesh Roy bt Yannick Nelord (Ind) 6-3,7-5S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Gilles de Sousa (Fra) 6-3, 6-3Vijayant Malik bt Purav Raja 6-4,6-4S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan bt S. Narayanswami 6-3,6-0 S.2 Alexander Satschko (Ger) bt Christopher Marquis 6-1,6-0
Doubles (Quarterfinals)(S.1)Rohan Gajjar/Purav Raja bt Yannick Nelord/ Vikram Reddy 6-1,6-4Abhijeet Tiwari / Akash Wagh bt Chandril Sood/ Lakshit Sood 6-4,6-4Mithun Murali / N Vijay Sundar bt Nitten Kirrtane / Aditya Madkekar 7-5,3-6,10-4(S2). Divij Sharan /Vishnu Vardhan bt Bhishma Desai / Krishik Divakar 6-3,6-0
Mukund Joshi
DAY 2 ITF Futures
Raja, Rastogi cause Upsets knock out third and seventh seeds,Topseeded King Turner survives at $15000 Deccan Gymkhana – AITAMen’s Tennis Futures.
Pune, October 6: Unseeded Purav Raja knocked out third seeded and379th ranked Vishnu Vardhan, Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi comingback after a long lay off due to injury upset seventh seeded DivijSharan , while top seeded Daniel King Turner survived a scare to moveinto the second round of the $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITFTennis Futures organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tenniscourts
The tournament is being organized under All India TennisAssociation’s Special programme for Indian probables as a part ofCommonwealth Games Preparation.
In the biggest upset of the day purav raja ranked 936 th and more of adoubles specialist knocked out third seed Vishnu Vardhan5-7,7-6(5),6-4 in a 2 hr 16 minute battle , while Rastogi upsetseventh seeded Sharan 6-4,6-2 in a 1 hr 26 minute first round tussle.Top seeded Daniel King Turner ranked 317th survived a fighting N.Prashanth 4-6,6-2,6-3 in 1 hr 52 minute battle.
In another interesting tussle local youngster Ronak Manuja gave aspirited display before going down to Fourth seeded Young Jun Kim ofKorea, Kim won 6-4,6-4.This also ended the local challenge at theevent
In an interesting match Ranjeet Virali –Murugesan scored an impressive6-4, 7-6(2) win over qualifier Cheng Peng Hsieh of Chinese Taipei.Other seeds in action second seed Alexander Satschko of Germany, sixthseeded Rohan Gajjar, eighth seeded and runners-up at last week’sKolkatta Futures Rupesh Roy along with Christopher Marquis and GillesD’souza of France also moved into the last sixteen of the singles
Men’s Singles ( First Round)
S.1 Daniel King Turner(Nzl) bt N. Prashanth 4-6,6-2,6-3Karan Rastogi (Ind) bt S.7 Divij Sharan 6-4,6-2Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt Ronak Manuja ( Ind) 6-4,6-4S.8 Rupesh Roy bt Vivek Shokeen 6-2,6-0S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Vikram Reddy 6-4,6-4Gilles de Sousa (Fra) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-3,6-3Vijayant Malik bt Antony Elwin 6-2,6-2S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan bt Cheng Peng Hsieh(Tpe) 6-4,7-6(2)Christopher Marquis bt Abhijeet Tiwari 6-2,6-4S.2 Alexander Satschko ( Ger) bt Kamala Kannan 6-1,6-0S.3 Vishnu Vardhan bt Purav Raja 5-7,7-6(5),6-4P.C Vignesh bt I-Ta Chen (Tpe)6-1,5-7,6-2
Mukund Joshi
Pune, October 6: Unseeded Purav Raja knocked out third seeded and379th ranked Vishnu Vardhan, Former Davis Cupper Karan Rastogi comingback after a long lay off due to injury upset seventh seeded DivijSharan , while top seeded Daniel King Turner survived a scare to moveinto the second round of the $15000 Deccan Gymkhana-AITA Men’s ITFTennis Futures organized by the Deccan Gymkhana Club at their tenniscourts
The tournament is being organized under All India TennisAssociation’s Special programme for Indian probables as a part ofCommonwealth Games Preparation.
In the biggest upset of the day purav raja ranked 936 th and more of adoubles specialist knocked out third seed Vishnu Vardhan5-7,7-6(5),6-4 in a 2 hr 16 minute battle , while Rastogi upsetseventh seeded Sharan 6-4,6-2 in a 1 hr 26 minute first round tussle.Top seeded Daniel King Turner ranked 317th survived a fighting N.Prashanth 4-6,6-2,6-3 in 1 hr 52 minute battle.
In another interesting tussle local youngster Ronak Manuja gave aspirited display before going down to Fourth seeded Young Jun Kim ofKorea, Kim won 6-4,6-4.This also ended the local challenge at theevent
In an interesting match Ranjeet Virali –Murugesan scored an impressive6-4, 7-6(2) win over qualifier Cheng Peng Hsieh of Chinese Taipei.Other seeds in action second seed Alexander Satschko of Germany, sixthseeded Rohan Gajjar, eighth seeded and runners-up at last week’sKolkatta Futures Rupesh Roy along with Christopher Marquis and GillesD’souza of France also moved into the last sixteen of the singles
Men’s Singles ( First Round)
S.1 Daniel King Turner(Nzl) bt N. Prashanth 4-6,6-2,6-3Karan Rastogi (Ind) bt S.7 Divij Sharan 6-4,6-2Kim Young Jun (Kor) bt Ronak Manuja ( Ind) 6-4,6-4S.8 Rupesh Roy bt Vivek Shokeen 6-2,6-0S.6 Rohan Gajjar bt Vikram Reddy 6-4,6-4Gilles de Sousa (Fra) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-3,6-3Vijayant Malik bt Antony Elwin 6-2,6-2S.5 Ranjeet Virali Murugesan bt Cheng Peng Hsieh(Tpe) 6-4,7-6(2)Christopher Marquis bt Abhijeet Tiwari 6-2,6-4S.2 Alexander Satschko ( Ger) bt Kamala Kannan 6-1,6-0S.3 Vishnu Vardhan bt Purav Raja 5-7,7-6(5),6-4P.C Vignesh bt I-Ta Chen (Tpe)6-1,5-7,6-2
Mukund Joshi
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