ITF Men’s Tennis: Karan Singh loses to Mitsuki Leong

Mitsuki Leong of Malaysia beat the finalist of the last tournament, eighth seed Karan Singh 7-6(7), 6-2 in the first round of the HPCL-Mittal $15,000 ITF men’s tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Wednesday.

In the pre-quarterfinals, the Malaysian will play qualifier Chirag Duhan who beat Wishaya Troncharoenchaikul of Thailand in three sets. Champion of the last tournament, second seed Ramkumar Ramanathan warmed up with a 6-3, 6-2 win over qualifier Manish Ganesh. He will next meet Woobin Shin of Korea.

Hitesh Chauhan, Siddharth Vishwakarma, S Mukund, Madhwin Kamath, Dhruv Hirpara and Nitin Kumar Sinha joined Yuvan Nandal and Sidharth Rawat as the Indians in the pre-quarterfinals.