Ranjan, Amol advance to third round
Sports Reporter
Top seed Ranjan Ram and title aspirant Amol Roy moved into the third round of the mens singles event of the Victory Day Tennis Tournament as 15 mens singles matches were decided on second day at the National Tennis Complex in the capital yesterday.
On the other hand three players moved into the womens singles quarterfinal event on the day. Popy Akhtar of BKSP outplayed R D Mandal of National Tennis Complex (NTC) 6-0, 6-0, Fahbia Lamisa Suchona of NTC beat Nadia Islam of BKSP 6-0, 6-0 and Etty Akhtar of BKSP beat Jhilik Chakma of Ansar 6-4, 7-5 in the three matches.
Ranjan Ram (International Club) beat Md Javed (Ansar) 6-2, 6-2, Selim Hossain (Manikganj) beat Swadhin Hossain (NTC) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5, Naimul Islam (BKSP) beat Deepta (Rajshahi) 6-0, 6-0, Dipu Lal (Pabna) beat Rubel Hossain (Madaripur) 6-4, 6-4, Amol Roy (Engineers Recreation Centre) beat Hanif Munna (NTC) 6-0, 6-2, Arif Hossain (American Club) beat Ali Akbar (NTC) 6-0, 6-1, Quaser Ali (NTC) beat Asmatullah (NTC) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6, Biplab Ram (NTC) beat Omar Faruq Sunny (Pabna) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, Anwar Hossain (Pabna) beat Laxman Lal (American Club) 6-1, 6-4, 6-2,6-1, Tutul (NTC) beat Abdullah Afridi 6-1, 6-4, Md Ishtiaq (BKSP) beat Sajib Pasha (British High Commission) 6-4, 6-1, Akhtar Hossain (Pabna) beat Mizanur Rahman (Pabna) 6-4, 60, Monir Hossain BHC)beat Jamil Bhuyian (Madripur) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1, Mahmudul Haque (Pabna) beat Johny (Jamalpur) 6-2, 6-3 and Chanu Lal (Navy) beat Mainul Hossain (NTC) 6-0, 6-0 in the 15 second round matches.
