Mumbai’s Amit Tambe scored an upset victory over 3rd seed Manav Arora in the 45+ Men’s singles to provide an explosive start to the Jayant Roy Memorial Mumbai ITF Tennis Tournament, which began on Saturday, with matches being played at the MSLTA and Woodehouse Gymkhana.
After winning the closely contested first set, which saw both players trade a break each to level scores at 5-5, Tambe broke Manav’s serve for the crucial lead and then served out the set 7-5. The scorching heat and humidity saw the pace slow down a bit in the second set, which Tambe won quite comfortably at 6-3 in spite of the long rallies.
