Manish Sureshkumar stuns top seed Vanshelboim in ITF Hyderabad

India’s Manish Sureshkumar stunned top seed Eric Vanshelboim of Ukraine 6-2, 6-1 in the ITF World Tennis Tour men’s singles first round at Hyderabad. Vishnu Vardhan also advanced, while Keshav Chopra and Rifiq Fitradi posted strong wins

Hyderabad: Manish Sureshkumar of India shocked top-seeded Eric Vanshelboim of Ukraine 6-2, 6-1 in the men’s singles first round of the ITF World Tennis Tour men’s tournament at Jubilee Hills International Centre here on Tuesday.

The results:
1st round: Amit Vales (ISR) bt Madhwin Kamath (IND) 6-2, 7-5; Vishnu Vardhan (IND) bt Thanapet Chanta (THA) 6-3, 6-4; Manish Sureshkumar (IND) bt Eric Vanshelboim (UKR) 6-2, 6-1; Keshav Chopra (USA) bt Abhinav Sanjeev Shamugam (IND) 7-5, 6-4; M Rifiq Fitradi (INA) [7] bt James Van Herzele (THA) 6-1, 6-1.

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