Mysuru Open 2023: Sidharth Rawat, Ishaque Eqbal enter singles pre-quarterfinals, Faisal gets double delight

Rawat,
the
seventh
seed,
was
clinical
in
his
execution
and
used
his
serve
to
telling
effect.
The
Indian
star
had
a
stunning
100
per
cent
success
rate
on
his
first
serve
while
he
collected
95
per
cent
of
points
on
his
second
serve
as
well
en
route
to
a
facile
win.

Earlier,
Mysuru
Open,
an
ITF
World
Tennis
Tour
event,
was
inaugurated
by
Dr
KV
Rajendra
IAS,
Mysuru
Deputy
Commissioner
and
chairman
of
the
organising
committee,
in
the
presence
of
chief
guests
Mr
Arjun
Ranga,
MD
of
Cycle
Pure
Agarbathi
and
Mr
Alex
Cherian,
JMD
of
Schevaran
Laboratories
Pvt
Ltd.

Three
other
Indians
too
entered
the
Round
of
16
and
they
were:
Ishaque
Eqbal
who
beat
R
Suraj
Prabodh
7-6
(4),
6-0,
Faisal
Qamar
who
got
the
better
of
Rishi
Reddy
6-1,
6-1
and
Karan
Singh,
who
tamed
Grigoriy
Lomakin
of
Kazhakistan
6-3,
3-6,
7-6
(3).

The
USD
25,000
event
is
being
hosted
by
the
Karnataka
Lawn
Tennis
Association
(KSLTA).

Indian
players
made
their
mark
in
style
in
the
doubles
Round
of
16
as
well.
Leading
the
charge
for
the
hosts
were
the
top
seeded
pair
of
B
Rithvik
Choudary
and
Niki
Poonacha.
They
had
little
trouble
in
warding
off
compatriots
SD
Prajwal
Dev
and
G
Sai
Karteek
Reddy
6-7
(3),
7-6
(6),
10-7
after
a
gruelling
match
of
1
hour
and
58
minutes
to
enter
the
quarter-finals.

Fourth-seeded
pair
of
Parikshit
Somani
and
Manish
Sureshkumar
too
registered
an
easy
win
over
fellow
Indian
duo
of
Tushar
Madan
and
Lohithaksha
Bathrinath
6-2,
6-3.

Mysuru
Open
2023
Results:
Singles
(R32)

Ishaque
Eqbal
beat
Suraj
R
Prabodh
7-6
(4),
6-0

Faisal
Qamar
beat
Rishi
Reddy
6-1,
6-1

Woobin
Shin
beat
Madhwin
Kamath
6-1,
1-0
(retired)

(7)
Sidharth
Rawat
beat
Dali
Blanch
6-3,
6-2

Karan
Singh
beat
Grigoriy
Lomakin
6-3,
3-6,
7-6
(3)

Wei
Kang
Leong
beat
Sandesh
Dattatray
7-5,
6-1

Mysuru
Open
2023
Results:
Doubles
(R16)

Nitin
Kumar
Sinha
/
Florent
Bax
beat
Digvijay
Pratap
Singh
/
Jagmeet
Singh
6-3,
6-2

(4)
Parikshit
Somani
/
Manish
Suresh
Kumar
beat
Tushar
Madan
/
Lohithaksha
Bathrinath
6-2,
6-3

(1)
B
Rithvik
Choudary
/
Niki
Poonacha
beat
SD
Prajwal
Dev
/
G
Sai
Karteek
Reddy
6-7
(3),
7-6
(6),
10-7

Ellis
Blake
/
Oriov
Vladylav
beat
R
Suraj
Prabodh
/
Rishi
Reddy
6-1,
6-2

F
Qamar
/
F
Quamar
beat
Chandril
Sood
/
Lakshit
Sood
1-6,
6-4,
10-8

Mukund
Sasikumar
/
Vishnu
Vardhan
beat
Casey
Francis
Alcantra
/
Pruchya
Isaro
6-3,
6-2

(excerpt
from
agency)