Kolkata, Mar 15 (PTI) Australian Philip Sekulic defeated India’s Karan Singh in straight sets to win the men’s singles title in the Central Excise & CGST – ITF M25 Kolkata here.
Third-seeded Sekulic proved too good for 22-year-old Karan, winning 6-1,7-6(1) to get richer by 25 ATP points and a prize money of USD 4,612 (Rs. 4.27 lakh).
The Australian broke Karan twice to dominate the first set completely.
In the second set, Karan appeared to regain his rhythm as he broke Sekulic in the fourth game to take a 4-1 lead, but at 4-3 and on serve, Karan dropped his serve to allow the Australian to draw level at 4-all.
As the set progressed to a tie-breaker, it was Sekulic, ranked 504 in the world, who produced an almost flawless display to seal the title comfortably with a 7-1 scoreline in the tie-break. PTI AM AM AH AH
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