GUWAHATI, March 1 - In the biggest upset of the day unseeded Shane Vinsant of USA defeated top seed N Sriram Balaji of India in a second round match of the ongoing ITF Men�s Futures Tennis Tournament in a gruelling three setter 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(4) at the AATA complex, Chachal, here today.
In the doubles quarterfinals Assam�s Parikshit Somani, partnering with Paramveer Sing Bajwa of India went down to Sami Reinwein (GER) and Alexnder Centenari (USA) 4-6, 6-4, 10-4.
Today�s results: (Singles 2nd rd) 2ND seed Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt SD Prajwal Dev (IND) 6-1, 2-0 (Rtd), 4th seed Sami Reinwein (GER) bt Aryan Goveas (IND) 6-3, 6-1, 6th seed Sidharth Rawat (IND) bt Timur Khabibulin (KAZ) 6-4, 7-6(0), 3rd seed Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND) bt Dalwinder Singh (IND) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, Shane Vinsant (USA) bt Top seed N Sriram Balaji (IND) 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(4), 5th seed N Vijay Sundar Prashanth (IND ) bt Pirmin Haenle (GER) 6-1, 2-6, 7-5, 8th seed Sanam Singh (IND) bt Karunuday Singh (IND) 3-6, 7-6(8), 6-4, 7th seed Jose Fco Vidal Azorin (ESP) bt Abhinav Sanjeev Shanmugam (IND) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(5). (Doubles Q/F) 3rd seed Sami Reinwein (GER)/Alexander Centenari (USA) bt Paramveer Sing Bajwa (IND)/Parikshit Somani (IND) 4-6, 6-4, 10-4, Taimur Khabibulin (KAZ)/Sasi Kumar Mukund (IND) bt Kunal Anand (IND)/Anvit Bendre(IND) 6-4, 7-6(1).
