TENNIS
India grouped with top seed for U-14 Asia-Oceania WJT
The Indian boys have been clubbed with top seed Korea, seventh seed Australia and Pakistan in group-A in the Asian-Oceania World Junior Tennis under-14 championship to be played in Kuching, Malaysia, from Wednesday.
The top two teams from each of the four groups will qualify for the knock-out stage.
The groupings:
Group-A: Korea, India, Pakistan, Australia.
Group-B: Kazakhstan, Iran, Indonesia, Japan.
Group-C: Thailand, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan.
Group-D: Hong Kong, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan, China.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
Monte-Carlo Masters: Bopanna-Shelton pair enters second round
Rohan Bopanna in partnership with Ben Shelton of USA beat Francisco Cerundolo and Alejandro Tabilo 6-3, 7-5 in the doubles first round of the €6,128,940 ATP tennis tournament inn Monte Carlo, Monaco.
In the pre-quarterfinals, Bopanna and Shelton will challenge the third seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori of Italy.
The results:
€6,128,940 ATP, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Doubles (first round): Alex De Minaur (Aus) & Jan-Lennard Struff (Ger) bt Yuki Bhambri & Alexei Popyrin (Aus) 5-7, 7-5, [10-5]; Rohan Bopanna & Ben Shelton (USA) bt Francisco Cerundolo (Arg) & Alejandro Tabilo (Chi) 6-3, 7-5.
$30,000 ITF men, Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy
Singles (first round): Manas Dhamne bt Gian Matias Di Natale (Ita) 7-6(6), 6-7(4), 6-3.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
