Russian Open | Sourabh Verma beats Mithun Manjunath to seal finals berth
Sourabh Verma overcame compatriot Mithun Manjunath in a one-sided all Indian semi-final to advance to the final of Russian Open, where he will now face Japan’s Koki Watanabe. The mixed doubles pair of Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg also reached the final with a hard-fought win that went to a decider.
Sourabh, who came into the tournament as the eighth seed, was the
He was expected to attempt a fight back in the second game and Sourabh had to deal with a closely-fought battle to seal the match. Though the experienced star started with the lead, Mithun
Sourabh has looked sharp in the 100 Series tournament so far, beating third-seeded Misha Zilberman of Israel in the quarter-finals. He will face a tough challenge in the summit clash against Japan’s Watanabe, who beat Vladimir Malkov in straight games.
In other games, while men’s doubles’ Arun George and Sanyam Shukla lost to Russia’s Konstantin Abramov and Alexandr Zinchenko 21-15, 21-19 in the semis, mixed doubles pairing of Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg endured a one-hour match against Malaysia’s Chen Tang Jie and Yen Wei Peck to win it 21-19, 11-21, 22-20.
Comments
Sign up or log in to your account to leave comments and reactions
0 Comments