Sahaja Yamalapalli and Rushil Khosla gave a convincing begin for Ichiban Samurai which cruised thereafter to an 89-71 victory over Indraprastha Warriors in a group-A league match of the Harven Pro Tennis League on the DLTA Complex on Friday.
Sahaja beat Soha Sadiq 17-3 and Rushil, the reigning nationwide junior champion, strengthened the place for the group by beating Suvrat Mall 14-6. Thereafter, Indraprastha fought again a bit via the combined doubles group of Soha and VM Ranjeet, and Mukund Sasikumar asserting his recreation towards Nitin Kumar Sinha.
Eventually, Ichiban sealed the competition with Nitin and Rushil beating Mukund and Suvrat 18-12.
It was the second victory for Ichiban because it had crushed Gurgaon Sapphires 83-77 in a single day.
In the opposite group, Sankara Stag Babolat Yoddhas scored a 95-65 win over Lucknow Aviators. It was the primary victory for Babolat Yoddhas because the group had misplaced to Paramount Proec Tigers in the opening match.
It was the primary loss for Lucknow after it had crushed DMG Delhi Crusaders earlier.
The high two groups from the 2 teams will make the semifinals, after the final set of league matches on Saturday. Both the semifinals and remaining are scheduled for Sunday.
The outcomes (league):
Group-A: Ichiban Samurai bt Indraprastha Warriors 89-71 (Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Soha Sadiq 17-3; Rushil Khosla bt Suvrat Mall 14-6; Gauri Mangaonkar bt Riya Sachdeva 12-8; Sahaja & Dilip Mohanty misplaced to Soha & VM Ranjeet 6-14; Nitin Kumar Sinha misplaced to Mukund Sasikumar 12-18; Sahaja & Gauri on par with Soha & Riya 10-10; Nitin & Rushil bt Mukund & Suvrat 18-12).
Group-B: Sankara Stag Babolat Yoddhas bt Lucknow Aviators 95-65 (Sowjanya Bavisetti bt Kashish Bhatia 11-9; Vansh Bisht on par with Shivank Bhatnagar 10-10; Sahira Singh bt Diva Bhatia 13-7; Sowjanya & Pulkit Mishra bt Kashish Bhatia & Aditya Khanna 13-7; Arjun Kadhe bt Anirudh Chandrasekar 21-9; Sowjanya & SAhira bt Kashish & Diva 11-9; Arjun & Vansh bt Anirudh & Shivank 16-14).