Manab Kumar Chakma finalists after court battle


Jamshedpur, Dec. 10: Eight players made it to the final round of the boy’s under-16 category after the conclusion of the qualifying event of Tata Steel-AITA (All India Tennis Association) Super Series Tennis Championship held at JRD Tata Sports Complex today.

Those who qualified for the main draw included K. Pradeep Reddy (Andhra Pradesh), Tushar Talukdar (Assam), Suraj Konwar (Gujarat), Dinesh Goel (Haryana), Manab Kumar Chakma (Assam), Sanjib (Bengal), Kaushal Mehta (Maharashtra) and Rupam Gogoi (Assam).

In the matches held today, Reddy brushed aside the challenge of Snehajit Roy in straight sets while Talukdar emerged the winner against Rohit Rampuria.

Konwar beat Md Sarfaraz whereas Goel proved his mettle against Shivam Verma of Uttar Pradesh in a one-sided affair.

The tie between Chakma and Bhardwaj Acharya proved thrilling as the former registered a win.

The Assamese lad lost his serve in the first, third, ninth and eleventh sets while Acharya failed to retain his serves in the second, sixth, eighth, tenth and twelfth sets as Chakma made a comeback after being 1-4 down in the set.