Manas, proper, gave a great account of himself in opposition to Harris.
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Wild card Manas Dhamne went down preventing 4-6, 4-6 to high seed Billy Harris of Britain within the first spherical of the Pune Metropolitan $160,000 Maha Open Challenger tennis match on the Balewadi Stadium on Tuesday.
Regardless of the massive distinction in rating, 793 to 110, and expertise on the skilled tour, the 17-year-old Manas engaged the 30-year-old Briton in a vigorous contest.
Finally, it boiled right down to the massive serve of Harris, who had performed the ultimate on Sunday in Delhi, and his capacity to transform the break factors. He had 9 aces to at least one by Manas, and capitalised on 5 of seven break factors, to 2 of seven break factors by the younger Indian.
Harris received 79 factors to 70 by Manas, and can get to play a qualifier within the second spherical.
The opposite Indian wild card in motion, Aryan Shah managed to win 4 video games in opposition to sixth seed Brandon Holt of the USA. That was the top of the Indian problem in singles within the extremely aggressive area.
Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan knocked out the third seed Tristan Schoolkate of Australia in three units, to arrange a pre-quarterfinal with one other Aussie Bernard Tomic.
The champion of the final two Challengers in Chennai and Delhi, Kyrian Jacquet of France eased into the second spherical by dropping 4 video games to Rio Noguchi of Japan. He’ll subsequent face fifth seed Ugo Blanchet of France.
The outcomes: Singles (first spherical): Billy Harris (GBR) bt Manas Dhamne 6-4, 6-4; Sascha Wayenburg (Fra) bt Petr Biryukov 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-3; Brandon Holt (USA) bt Aryan Shah 6-2, 6-2; Masamichi Imamura (Jpn) bt Jay Clarke (GBR) 7-6(2), 6-2; Michael Geerts (Bel) bt Marek Gengel (Cze) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4); Ugo Blanchet (Fra) bt Enzo Couacaud (Fra) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3; Kyrian Jacquet (Fra) bt Rio Noguchi (Jpn) 6-1, 6-3; Bernard Tomic (Aus) bt Nicolas Mejia (Col) 6-2, 6-2; Khumoyun Sultanov (Uzb) bt Tristan Schoolkate (Aus) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Junj rodionov (Aut) bt Shintaro Mochizuki (Jpn) 6-7(5), 6-1, 6-2; James McCabe (Aus) bt Enrico Dalla Valle (Ita) 6-0, 6-3; Ilia Simakin bt Blake Ellis (Aus) 6-4, 6-2.
Printed – February 18, 2025 08:32 pm IST
