Top seed Ishaq Iqbal and Olympian J Vishnu Vardhan defeated their respective opponents to enter the Singles quarter finals of Gondwana Cup All India Men’s Tennis Tournament (2.5 lakh prize money).
Ishaq defeated Mohit Mayur by 2-0 (retired hurt) in the Singles pre-quarter final played on Tuesday followed by Aditya Saithil defeated Drona Walia by 6-1, 4-6, 7-6(5), Ojas Theo defeated Raghav Jaisinghani by 6-1, 6-3, Madhwin Kamath defeated Karan Singh by 7-6 (6), 6-2, J Vishnu Vardhan defeated second seed Paras Dahiya by 7-6 (4), 6-2, Rohan Mehra defeated Chandril Sood by 7-5, 6-3, Lohit Akash Badrinath defeated Yash Yadav by 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 and Lakshya Gupta defeated Sarthak Sudan by 6-1, 6-3 to enter the Singles quarter finals.
In Men’s Doubles Pre-quarter finals, Ankit Chopda-Aditya Tiwari defeated Mohit Bharadwaj-Ominder by 6-2, 6-1, Ishaq Iqbal-Mohit Mayur Jayprakash defeated Dimitri Bascov-Shubham Malhotra by 6-2, 6-3, Raghav Jaisinghani-Karan Singh defeated Iftikhar Sheikh-Shivdeep Koshraju by 6-2, 6-3, Yash Chourasiya-Tushar Madan defeated B R Nikshep-Tarun Aniruddh by 7-6(4), 7-6(4), Parikshit Somani-Paras Dahiya defeated Atharv Sharma-Jagmeet Singh by 7-6(1), 6-2, Lakshit-Chandril Sood defeated Bharat Nishok-Aditya Saithil by 5-7, 6-3, 7-4, Yash Yadav-Madhwin Kamath defeated Lakshya Gupta-Shivank Bhattnagar by 6-2, 6-4 and Ojas Theo-Teerth Shashank defeated Sarthak Sudan-Drona Walia by 6-4, 6-4. The winning pairs entered the quarter finals of the tournament.