06 October,2021 07:54 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
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In the most exciting match of the day, third seed S Darbha had to dig deep before getting the better of a fighting Rushabh Mehta to move into the third round of the men's 40+ singles of the Taste'L GSTA S200 ITF Mumbai on Tuesday.
Darbha had to win two tie-breakers before seeing off Mehta's challenge 7-6, 4-6, 7-6. It was plain sailing for top seed Aditya Khanna and second seed Vishal Badri, who recorded straight set victories to enter the quarter-finals of the men's 35+ singles. While Khanna got past Sunny Singh 6-2, 6-0, Badri hardly broke a sweat before packing off Nitesh Rungta 6-1, 6-0.
In the only upset of the day, unseeded Girish Mishra defeated R Pandey 6-4, 6-4 in a close encounter. It was a similar tale in the 40+ category with the top seeds moving into the third round with comfortable wins.
In the 50+ category second seed Panwar Singh rallied to win 1-6, 6-2, 6-1 against Biswajit Roy. Home favourite D Ramarao of Practennis put up a strong fight before going down to the top-seed Govind Kumar 4-6, 6-4, 4-6 in the men's 70+ category.
