<p>Fourth-seeded Weiqiang Zheng of China was stretched to three sets by Hong Kong’s Anthony Jackie Tang before eking out a 6-2, 2-5, 6-4 victory in the boys’ singles first round of Asian Closed Junior Championships at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association complex on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>In the five boys’ singles and two girls matches scheduled for the day, top seed Duck Hee Lee of Korea wasted little time in brushing aside Joshua Liu of Singapore 6-0, 6-1 to move into the boys’ singles second round. He now plays Hei Yin Andrew Li of Hong Kong.<br /><br />India’s seventh-seeded Sumit Nagal, too, broke little sweat during his 6-2, 6-3 victory over Japan’s Shoma Kato. Sumit now plays Siu Chuen Lam of Hong Kong, who showed the door to India’s Shrey Gupta 6-1, 6-3.<br /><br />Sharmal Dissanayake of Sri Lanka advanced to the second round following a comfortable 6-1, 6-3 victory over G Venkata Paramatmuni of India.<br /><br />In the girls’ singles, wildcard Devanshi G Bhimjiyani beat Japan’s Momoka Yoshida 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Devanshi now plays compatriot Simran Kaur Sethi, who had taken out seventh-seeded Yijia Shao of China on Monday. However, it was end of road for India’s Karman Kaur Thandi, who went down 1-6, 1-6 to Hong Kong’s Yau Ng.<br /><br />Results (first round): Boys: 7-Sumit Nagal (Ind) bt Shoma Kato (Jpn) 6-2, 6-3; 1-Duck Hee Lee (Kor) bt Joshua Liu (Sin) 6-0, 6-1; 4-Weiqiang Zheng (Chn) bt Anthony Jackie Tang (Hkg) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; Siu Chuen Lam (Hkg) bt Shrey Gupta (Ind) 6-1, 6-3; Sharmal Dissanayake (Sri Lanka) bt G Venkata Paramatmuni (Ind) 6-1, 6-3.<br />Girls: Kwan Yau Ng (Hkg) bt Karman Kaur Thandi (Ind) 6-1, 6-1; Devanshi G Bhimjiyani (Ind) bt Momoka Yoshida 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.</p>
<p>Fourth-seeded Weiqiang Zheng of China was stretched to three sets by Hong Kong’s Anthony Jackie Tang before eking out a 6-2, 2-5, 6-4 victory in the boys’ singles first round of Asian Closed Junior Championships at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association complex on Tuesday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>In the five boys’ singles and two girls matches scheduled for the day, top seed Duck Hee Lee of Korea wasted little time in brushing aside Joshua Liu of Singapore 6-0, 6-1 to move into the boys’ singles second round. He now plays Hei Yin Andrew Li of Hong Kong.<br /><br />India’s seventh-seeded Sumit Nagal, too, broke little sweat during his 6-2, 6-3 victory over Japan’s Shoma Kato. Sumit now plays Siu Chuen Lam of Hong Kong, who showed the door to India’s Shrey Gupta 6-1, 6-3.<br /><br />Sharmal Dissanayake of Sri Lanka advanced to the second round following a comfortable 6-1, 6-3 victory over G Venkata Paramatmuni of India.<br /><br />In the girls’ singles, wildcard Devanshi G Bhimjiyani beat Japan’s Momoka Yoshida 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Devanshi now plays compatriot Simran Kaur Sethi, who had taken out seventh-seeded Yijia Shao of China on Monday. However, it was end of road for India’s Karman Kaur Thandi, who went down 1-6, 1-6 to Hong Kong’s Yau Ng.<br /><br />Results (first round): Boys: 7-Sumit Nagal (Ind) bt Shoma Kato (Jpn) 6-2, 6-3; 1-Duck Hee Lee (Kor) bt Joshua Liu (Sin) 6-0, 6-1; 4-Weiqiang Zheng (Chn) bt Anthony Jackie Tang (Hkg) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4; Siu Chuen Lam (Hkg) bt Shrey Gupta (Ind) 6-1, 6-3; Sharmal Dissanayake (Sri Lanka) bt G Venkata Paramatmuni (Ind) 6-1, 6-3.<br />Girls: Kwan Yau Ng (Hkg) bt Karman Kaur Thandi (Ind) 6-1, 6-1; Devanshi G Bhimjiyani (Ind) bt Momoka Yoshida 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.</p>