Jamshedpur’s Prosenjit Paul enters pre quarter finals of AITA Men’s National Tennis Tournament

Unseeded Raj upsets Vashu to reach pre quarter finals at AITA Men’s National Tennis Tournament

Jamshedpur, June 5: Local lad Prosenjit Paul won the opening match to enter the pre quarter finals of the ongoing Tata Steel AITA Men’s National Ranking 1 Lac Prize Money Tennis Tournament 2023, been held at the synthetic courts of the JRD TATA Sports Complex, on Monday, June 5.

Jamshedpur’s Prosenjit, a prominent name from the State during his junior playing days, made a stunning come-back after dropping the opening set by 4-6 to level the match at 1 set all. As Prosenjit won the second set by a close 7-5 against Tamil Nadu’s Sagar S Kalyan and the match progressed to a deciding set, it was Kalyan who did not continue after losing the first game, citing muscle cramps. Prosenjit will play 6th seeded Md Fardeen from Bengal in the pre quarter finals tomorrow. 

Unseeded Raj Rishi Keshari created the first upset of the tournament as he breezed past 8th seeded Vashu Gupta of Uttar Pradesh by a straight 7-5,6-3 to enter the pre quarter finals.     

Earlier, the inauguration ceremony was held at the JRD Tata Sports Complex today.

Avneesh Gupta, VP TQM and Engineering & Projects, was present at the ceremony as the Chief Guest. Gupta spoke a few encouraging words for the players and appreciated the efforts of the Tata Steel Sports Department in organizing a national ranking tennis tournament. Also present in the ceremony were Hemant Gupta, Head Adventure Programme & Sports, Anand Menezes, Sr Coach Athletics, Rishi, Tournament Supervisor, AITA and others.

Gupta played a few shots with Atharva Sharma of Maharashtra, seeded 1 in the draw before declaring the championship open.