Jamshedpur’s Prosenjit Paul among 8 enter main draw of Men’s National Tennis Tournament

Jamshedpur, June 4: Third seed in the qualifying draw of Men’s Open Singles, Vashu Gupta of Uttar Pradesh survived a scare in the hands of unseeded Advik Natekar of Maharashtra at the ongoing Tata Steel AITA Men’s National Ranking 1 Lac Prize Money Tennis Tournament 2023, held at the synthetic courts of the JRD Tata Sports Complex.

In the final qualifying rounds, it was Advik who seemed to be more in control at the initial few games of the match but eventually it was the experience of the 3rd seeded Gupta which did not allow Advik to create yet another upset. Gupta won by a close 7-5,6-4.

Qualifiers entering into the main draw are Atharva Sharma (MH), Shourya Manik (CG), Vashu Gupta (UP), Raj Rishi Keshari (UP), Sagar Kalyan (TN), Parth Somani (MH), Suyash Kumar (UP) and Prosenjit Paul (JH).  

The inauguration ceremony will be held at the JRD Tata Sports Complex at 8:30 am on Monday.