A Telegraph pictureCalcutta: Mathys Erhard of France toppled second-seeded Indian Sacchitt Sharma in the first round of the boys singles U-18 event in the ongoing DKS ITF Juniors meet at DKS on Tuesday. In the second, Mathys got a crucial break at 3-1 as he dropped just a point in that fifth game and eventually levelled the match at 1-1. In the sixth game Sharma got a lucky break and led 4-2, but faltered yet again. The set progressed with hold of serves thereafter and entered into a tie-breaker, where Mathys got a little luckier winning 7-5. Sixth seed Rishabh Sharda also failed to enter the pre-quarter finals as he lost to Soufiane El Mesbahi of Morocco 6-2, 1-6, 1-6.

Source: The Telegraph January 16, 2018 21:22 UTC