JOIN USGoutham Anand rallied to beat Raghavendra Subramanya 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 in the second round of the men’s singles category of the BCI AITA tennis tournament here on Tuesday.
After winning the first set in dominant fashion, Goutham faltered in the second and went down 4-6 as Raghavendra staged a splendid fightback.
But Goutham swatted every effort of his opponent to win the third set 6-3, and with it, the match.
In another fixture, Mohammed Fariz put in a commanding performance to dismantle Neeraj Choudhary 6-1, 6-0.
After losing the solitary game in the first set, Mohammed did not slip up even once in the second as he completed the rout.
Mohammed and Ramakrishna then combined together and fought hard to eventually to prevail 2-6, 6-3, 10-3 against Pradeep Singhvir and Dhruv Pal.
Results: Singles: Ansu Ku Bhuvan bt Vishal Reddy: 6-3, 6-3; Mohammed Fariz bt Neeraj Choudhary: 6-1, 6-0; Ramakrishna R bt Maninder Singh: 6-4,6-3; Adithya Deswal bt Karan Singh: 6-1, 7-5; Ashuthosh Thiwari bt Reynold Timothy: 6-2, 7-5; Goutham Anand bt Raghavendra Subramanya: 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Samyukth Balaji bt Anand Rithvik: 6-4, 6-0; Ankith Chopra bt Gautham Ramkumar: 6-4, 6-4.
Doubles: Mohammed Fariz/Ramakrishna bt Pradeep Singhvir/Dhruv Pal: 2-6, 6-3, 10-3; Ansu Ku Bhuyan/Reynold bt Shinil Harry/Adrian B: 6-2, 6-2; Raswanth Ravi/Ihsan Hussain bt Darshan Srinivas/Shane B: 2-6, 7-5, 10-6.