Vishnu Vardhan shown the door; Top seed Nam Hoang Ly sails through with easy win

Uttar Pradesh ITF $25k Men’s Open at Ekana Sports Stadium, Lucknow

On Tuesday Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak and ACS Navneet Sehgal hit a few balls as well.

Vishnu in action.

Khel Today Bureau 

Lucknow: A raft of talent has assembled to compete in the Uttar Pradesh ITF $25k Men’s Open at Ekana Sports Stadium in Lucknow.

In the final qualifying round, Uttar Pradesh’s Yash Chaurasia managed to impress everyone with his victory over the Belgian R. Faucon by 6-7,6-3,10-4. The qualifying favourite Vishnu Vardhan too was shown the door by fellow Indian M. Kamath with a tough scoreline of 6-7,6-3,5-10.

The first round of main draw matches saw the tournament top seed Vietnamese Nam Hoang LY sail through with an easy win over Dali Blanch of USA with 7-6,6-3.

Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Brajesh Pathak and ACS Navneet Sehgal at tennis court.

Meanwhile, it was an intense battle between Uttar Pradesh star southpaws Rushil Khosla and Siddharth Vishwakarma. The two times winner of the Asian Tennis Tour Siddharth Vishwakarma got the better of Asian Junior Davis Cupper Rushil in the first set which was stretched to a tie-break. The second set saw Vishwakarma take a 4-3 lead in a neck-to-neck battle which came to a halt due to a sudden downpour. The match will continue tomorrow morning.

On Tuesday Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak and ACS Navneet Sehgal hit a few balls as well.