Itf world tour

Khelo India Youth Games: Yuvan Nandal and Hitesh Chauhan earned their first ATP ranking points to enter the prestigious senior rankings, after they won their respective first round matches at the ongoing 15K ITF World Tour, being held at the CLTA Complex.

Yuvan defeated higher ranked Adil Kalyanpur 7-5, 6-3 in straight sets to progress to the second round for his first ever ATP points. On the other hand, Hitesh got the better of Shanker Heisnam 6-2, 3-6, 7-5 in an exciting encounter.

Former India junior No 1 Yuvan will now face sixth seed Siddharth Vishwakarma in the second round while Hitesh awaits the challenge of either top seed Khumoyun Sultanov of Uzbekistan or 12th ranked Indian Manish Sureshkumar in the second round.