Jamshedpur: V M Ranjeet, Ritabrata Sarkar enter quarters of Tata Steel AITA Men’s National Ranking Tennis Tournament

Jamshedpur: Seeds sailed through to the Quarter Finals of the Men’s Singles event at the ongoing Tata Steel AITA Men’s National Ranking Tennis Tournament (1 Lac Prize Money) 2024, being held at the JRD TATA Sports Complex.

In the early half of the day, top seeded V M Ranjeet of Tamil Nadu got the better of Rishiraj Shekhawat by a straight 6-4,6-3. 2nd seeded Ritabrata Sarkar of Bengal did not have an easy job at the pre quarter final match today against Mandeep Reddy Kudumala of Karnataka as the former won by a straight yet close 7-6(7), 6-2.

3rd seeded Abhinansu Borthakur of Bengal, the winner of the Beldih Club AITA Men’s 1 lac held in November 2023, proved to be too good for younger Balabhadra Behera of Odisha as Borthakur won by a comfortable 6-2,6-2. Fourth seed from Tamil Nadu, Mukil Ramanan also dropped 4 games en route to the Quarter Finals as he won against Bengal’s Arib Afzal by 6-1,6-3.

Unseeded Sajal Kesarwani continued with his winning run as he surpassed V Dheeraj Reddy of Telangana by 3-6,5-3 (conc). Reddy had a fall during the match and was forced to concede with a knee injury at 5-3 in the second set.

Schedule of matches will start from 07:30 am tomorrow and all the matches will be played at the JRD TATA Sports Complex.