Raju gets past Vijay Kumar
September 13, 2017
Reference: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/raju-gets-past-vijay-kumar/article19674261.ece
Raju Shrestha of Nepal beat third seed Vijay Kumar in three sets in the men’s over-45 pre-quarterfinals of the ITF grade-5 seniors tennis tournament here on Tuesday.
Raju was on the verge of victory at 6-7(4), 6-4, 5-0 when Vijay Kumar retired.
The results (pre-quarterfinals): Over-35: Dilip Mohanty bt Simant Gurung (Nep) 6-1, 6-0; Raju Shrestha (Nep) bt Avinash Kumar 6-3, 6-1; S. Dhodi bt S. Shrestha (Nep) 6-4, 6-1; Kamlesh Shukla bt Mahesh Shrestha (Nep) 6-1, 6-2; Pekka Rantala (Fin) bt Ashish Parmar 4-6, 2-0 (retd.). Over-45: Chandra Bhushan bt R. Ghimire (Nep) 6-0, 6-1; Raju Shrestha bt Vijay Kumar 6-7(4), 6-4, 5-0 (retd.). Over-55: B.N. Negi bt Bishnu Prasad Gaire (Nep) 6-4, 6-0; Pradeep Kumar Gupta bt Uttam Kumar Sherpa 6-4, 6-3; Chamba Dhondup (Nep) bt Nancharaiah Kondisetti 6-0, 6-1; Karimulla Muslim (Nep) bt Anil Kumar Kaushal 7-6(4), 6-0; Sameer Sherchan (Nep) bt Gurvinder Singh Sethi 6-4, 6-1.
