Oman tennis: Rita, Charlie impress at ISC tourney

Sports Sunday 05/February/2017 18:08 PM
By: Times News Service
Oman tennis: Rita, Charlie impress at ISC tourney

Muscat: Rita Malakhova and Charlie Sennhauser posted impressive wins in the under-10 singles event at the ISC-Muscat Pharmacy Open Junior Tennis Tournament organised by the Indian Social Club (ISC).
In first round action of the under-10 singles, eight-year-old Russian Rita Malakhova scored a confident 6-0 victory over Keith Maniar while nine-year-old Swiss Charlie Sennhauser was a 6-1 winner over Kavin Mangappa.
Others winning their first round matches are Rohit M., who defeated Smrithi Iyer 6-3, and Arjun Suresh, who advanced to the second round when his opponent failed to turn up.
In first round matches of the boys under-12 singles, Abhinith Woonna coasted to a convincing 8-0 victory over Aryan Rakesh, Rohan Sebastian showed consistency in his ground-strokes to overcome Devansh Sampat with a fine 8-3 victory, Arya Deshpande defeated Indipa Udaneth 8-2, Rohit D.R. blanked Aditya Reddy 8-0 and Shantannu Sriram scored an impressive 8-3 win over R. Rohit to advance to the second round of the boys under-12 singles.