Thursday, December 30, 2021

Adil Kalyanpur keeps his winning spree in Qatar

 CHANDIGARH, DEC 30  

Adil Kalyanpur of India continued to display his good form as he progressed to singles quarter-final and doubles semi-final of the $ 15,000 6th Qatar Men's  ITF World Tennis Tour 2021 on Thursday.
Qualifier Adil Kalyanpur posted an upset pre-quarter-final verdict after shocking fifth seed   Oscar Moraing of Germany  6-1, 7-6 (4). The match lasted 83 minutes.
Adil's opponent in the singles quarter-final is fourth seed Beibit Zhukayev of Kazakhstan.
Adil Kalyanpur, combining with American Preston Brown, ended the challenge of Shahbaaz Khan (India)/Nawaf Rashed (Qatar) 6-1 6-4  in the doubles quarter-final in 58 minutes.
Preston Brown (USA)/Adil Kalyanpur (India) will next challenge top seeds Ray Ho (TPE) and Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) for a final berth.
Qualifier Rishi Reddy of India went down fighting to third seed Martin Krumich of  Czech Republic in a three-setter pre-quarter singles  3-6, 6-1, 6-2 in two hours and 11 minutes.
Martin served 11 aces and Committed three double faults. He won two of four  breakpoints.
Rishi had a lone ace to his credit. He committed seven doule faults. The Indian player won five of six breakpoints.
Results: Singles (Round  of 16):  Q- Adil Kalyanpur bt  5-Oscar Moraing, Oscar [Germany)  6-1, 7-6 (4), 3-Martin Krumich ( Czech Republic) bt Q-Rishi Reddy (India) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
Doubles (q-final): Preston Brown (USA)/Adil Kalyanpur (India) bt Shahbaaz Khan (India)/Nawaf Rashed (Qatar) 6-1 6-4 .
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