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Calvin Golme, Rishabh Sharda, Shashikant Rajput, advance to pre-quarters

Chandigarh, Nov 12 (UNI) Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association trainee Calvin Golme staged a fine rally to cause a mild upset by defeating eight seed Harshdeep Singh Sandhu in three setter first round men's singles match by 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in the CLTA-AITA National Ranking Tennis Championships at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here on Monday.
Down 0-3 Calvin made it 4-4 against experienced opponent. However Hardeep Singh closed the first set 6-4. In the second set Calvin come back with more consistent forcing the opponent to commit errors. Calvin won the set 6-2. In the third and final set both players were fighting for every singles point.They were holding their servse till 4-4. In the ninth game of the final set Calvin got a chance to break the opponent's serve and closed the match 6-4.
Another CLTA trainee Rishabh Sharda was playing consistent ground strokes against second seed Jagmeet Singh. Both the players were playing very aggressive ground strokes from the baseline. Both players were holding serve till 5-5. In the 11 game Rishabh break opponent serve and hold his serve win the set 7-5. In the second set Jagmeet Singh was breakup 4-3. Rishabh came back strongly and took three games in a row and won the set 6-4.
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