Rubal struggles to down Abhinansu

 Abhinansu Bothakur of Assam

 Chandershekhar Mohanty of Assam

Ritwik Bhriguvanshi of Bihar

Patna, December 5, 2012: Rubal Shandliya of Bihar overcame a stiff challenge from Abhinansu Bothakur of Assam 3-6, 7-6, 6-2 to move into the men’s singles quarterfinals of the Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial Tennis Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here.

Results: Men’s singles (pre- quarterfinal)

Rubal Shandliya (Bihar) bt Abhinansu Bothakur (Asm) 3-6, 7-6, 6-2, Rajendra Prasad Rai (UP) bt Ayush Joshi (Delhi) 6-2, 6-3, Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bih) bt Dipanshu Garg (Har) 6-0, 6-2, Gagan Sharma (Raj) bt Harinder Singh Bedi (Dli) 6-4, 6-0, Deepak Vishwakarma (Dli) bt Abhishek Gaur (Dli) 6-4, 6-2, Siddharth Vishwakarma (UP) bt DV Srikanth Verma (AP) 7-5,6-2, Chandershekhar Mohanty (Asm) bt Rrohit Rangalani (Mah) 6-4,6-5, Yuvraj Chaudhary (Uttarakhand) bt Siddhesh Khade (Mah) 7-6, 6-4.

Men’s doubles (quarterfinal): Neeraj Chaudhary (MP) & Abhinansu Borthakur (Asm) bt Gautam Aanand (UP) & Abhishek Gaur (Dli) 7-6, 6-4, Chandrashekhar Mohanty (Asm) & Gagan Sharma (Raj) bt Jasdeep Singh (Har) & Ayush Joshi (Dli) 6-1,6-0, Deepak Vishwakarma (UP) & Rubal Shandiliya (Dli) bt Anirudh Singh Rawat(Dli) & Kapish Hari(NTA) 6-0, 6-1, Ankit Kumar (UP) & Siddharth Vishwakarma (UP) bt Dipanshu Garg (Har) & DV Srikanth Verma (AP) 6-4,4-6, (10-3).