{"id":754,"date":"2011-11-09T06:19:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-09T06:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=754"},"modified":"2011-11-09T06:19:28","modified_gmt":"2011-11-09T06:19:28","slug":"sunil-kumar-packs-off-shokeen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=754","title":{"rendered":"Sunil Kumar packs off Shokeen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Chennai<\/strong>: He poses no threat to any player and admits as much. For Sunil Kumar Sipaeya, it&#8217;s time to enjoy his game and savour the small victories that come with it.<\/p>\n<p>For someone, who won the senior National title at the age of 16, it has been a long journey with a lot of pitfalls. But, he has taken everything in his stride and continues to give it all to a sport that has given him so much recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old qualifier didn&#8217;t dish out huge serves or play or run hard. But he played shrewdly against Vivek Shokeen to register a 6-2, 7-5 win in the first round of the TNTA-SAIL International Tennis Federation $10,000 men&#8217;s Futures tournament at the SDAT-Nungambakkam Stadium here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Poor First Set<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vivek played poorly in the first set committing several unforced errors, spraying the ball all over the court. Sunil didn&#8217;t exert himself ensuring that he just held serve. When Vivek raised his game in the second, Sunil didn&#8217;t lag behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have had my share of back problems for the last couple of years. I am not expecting anything from the tournament. I am just enjoying myself. I like travelling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not competing with anybody,\u201d said Sunil, who shuttles between California (where he trains), Kolkata (where he works with Indian Oil Corporation) and Himachal Pradesh (where his parents reside).<\/p>\n<p>Top-seeded Junn Mitsuhashi of Japan defeated Spain&#8217;s Jaime Pulgar-Garcia 7-5, 6-3 in two hours in a first round contest.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese lost his cool when he was given a point penalty in the fourth game of the second set at 30-all on the Spaniard&#8217;s serve. After clearing the issue with ITF supervisor Sheetal Iyer, Mitsuhashi went about his task in all earnest.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The results (Indians unless otherwise mentioned):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>First round:<\/strong> Singles: Sidharth Rawat bt Neeraj Elangovan 6-3, 6-0; Ivan Arenas-Gualda (Esp) bt Chandril Sood 6-0, 6-4; Arun Prakash bt P. Vignesh 7-6(4), 6-4; Sunil Kumar Sipaeya bt Vivek Shokeen 6-2, 7-5; Rohan Gajjar bt Elwin Antony 6-1, 6-1; Ankit Sachdeva bt Rithvik Anand 6-3, 6-3; Junn Mitsuhashi (Jpn) bt Jaime Pulgar-Garcia (Esp) 7-5, 6-3; James Marsalek (GBR) bt Vignesh Veerabadran 6-3, 6-1; Rakshay Thakkar bt Saurabh Singh 0-6, 6-3, 6-0; Mohit Mayur bt Jason Jung (USA) 6-3, 3-6, 5-1 (conceded); Roberto Ortega-Olmedo (Esp) bt \u00a0Shahbaaz Khan 6-4, 6-2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Doubles (second round):<\/strong> N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth &amp; Arun Prakash bt Elwin Antony &amp; Neeraj Elangovan 6-4, 6-4; Rohan Gajjar &amp; Vijay Kannan bt Ajai Selvaraj &amp; Sunil Kumar Sipaeya 6-2, 6-2; N. Sriram Balaji &amp; Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan bt Yu Chang (Chn) &amp; James Marsalek (GBR) 5-7, 7-6(7), 10-8; Mohit Mayur &amp; Saketh Myneni \u00a0bt Vivek Shokeen &amp; Karunuday Singh 7-6(2),6-2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Hindu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chennai: He poses no threat to any player and admits as much. For Sunil Kumar Sipaeya, it&#8217;s time to enjoy his game and savour the small victories that come with it. For someone, who won the senior National title at the age of 16, it has been a long journey with a lot of pitfalls. 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