The Hindu : Sumit-Siddharth pair makes final

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Tuesday, Jul 08, 2003

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Sumit-Siddharth pair makes final

NEW DELHI JULY 7. Sumit Prakash Gupta and Siddharth Gulati made it to the doubles final of the Hatyai ITF junior tennis tournament in Thailand.

The Indian duo lost 1-6, 4-6 in the final to Xiao-Peng Lai and Margin Sayer of Hong Kong. It was a tough outing in the semifinals, as Sumit and Siddharth beat Shahnawaz Ahmad of Bangladesh and Vijay Prashant 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.

It was a lot easier in the earlier two rounds, as the Indian pair beat Kyle Joshua Dandan of Philippines and Razian Rawi of Malaysia 6-2, 6-3, and Sho Aida and Takanobu Fujii of Japan 6-3, 6-1 in that order after a bye in the first.

There was not much luck for the Indian lads in singles, as Sumit lost 4-6, 4-6 to Peerachat Chaiyapan of Thailand in the pre-quarterfinals after beating Nimman Jeeratanon of Thailand 6-4, 6-4 in the second round. He had a bye in the first round in a draw of 64.

Siddharth Gulati too lost in the pre-quarterfinals 6-7 (5-7), 4-6 to Takanobu Fujii after beating Mohammed Mujahid Alias Adib of Malaysia 6-2, 6-2. He also had a bye in the first round.

Vijay Prashant lost 6-4, 1-6, 6-7 (7-9) to Kittipong Wachiramanowong of Thailand in the second round after a bye in the first.

In doubles, Vijay along with Shahnawaz beat Thikhamporn Jongkhajornwong and Nutthavit Likitkumchorn of Thailand 7-5, 6-2 in the pre-quarterfinals after a bye in the first round. The duo beat Khunpol Issara of Thailand and Yuval Klein of Israel 7-5, 6-1 in the quarterfinals before bowing out to Sumit Prakash and Siddharth in the semifinals.

The Indian girls had a decent fare in the doubles. Vandana Murali and Madura Ranganathan lost in the semifinals 2-6, 3-6 to Prim Buaklee and Kamonthip Saovana of Thailand. The pair beat Wing Yan Venise Chan and Anthea Look of Hong Kong 6-1, 6-0 in the first round and went on to record a 6-1, 7-5 triumph over Penporn Chantawannop and Giratiti Naudom of Thailand in the quarterfinals.

In singles, both Madura and Vandana lost in the first round, albeit in contrasting styles. Vandana went down 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 0-6 to Noelle C-Zoleta of Philippines while the top-seeded Madura lost 2-6, 1-6 to Wing Yan Venise Chan of Hong Kong.

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