BHAMBRI STUNS GAEL MONFILS TO REGISTER HIS BIGGEST WIN
WASHINGTON D.C: Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri entered the third round of the Citi Open being played in Washington as he stunned world number 22 and defending champion Gael Monfils on Thursday.
Bhambri defeated Monfils 6-3, 4-6, 7-5 in a second round contest that lasted for almost two hours, thus registering one of the most memorable wins of his career.
Monfils looked out of sorts and was duly sent packing by the 25-year-old Indian.
Bhambri started well in the first set and won it 6-3 before Monfils mounted a comeback in the second set. The 30-year-old French star levelled things at the end of the second set by winning it 6-4 but it was Bhambri who had the last laugh as he sealed a tight third set 7-5 to win the match.
PRANNOY, SOURABH IN QUARTERS
AUCKLAND: US Open winner HS Prannoy continued his golden run as he went past 10-seeded Wei Nan of Hong Kong to enter the quarter-finals of the ongoing New Zealand Grand Prix Gold in Auckland on Thursday.
Fourth seed Prannoy defeated Nan 21-18, 21-19 in the last-16 contest that lasted for 46 minutes.
On the other hand, India’s Sourabh Verma defeated Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap to make it to the last-eight of the tournament.
Verma defeated Kashyap 21-18, 13-21, 21-16 in 64 minutes. Another Indian shuttler Siril Verma lost 13-21, 14-21 against Chia Hung Lu of Chinese Taipei in just 38 minutes.