Starting from Qualifying the 17 Year Old Manas Dhamne kept going deep in the draw and won the final from a set down at Monastir, Tunisia
Manas from Pune is the brightest young Indian tennis prospect, One of Manas’s earliest experiences of the pro tour came in Pune last year, when he was handed a wild card at the ATP 250 Maharashtra Open and provided glimpses of his potential facing the then 113th-ranked Michael Mmoh.
He currently trains under Riccardo Piaati at Piatti Centre and has recently started playing the futures tournaments.
Manas Started with three bagels in Qualifying Rounds
Just have a look at the dominance he has showed in the qualifying rounds, all three matches were exact same score 6-2,6-0
Final Against Lucky Loser Lorenzo
After shocking the top seed of the tournament at the M15 tournament, Manas was up against the LL Italian Lorenzo who made it all the way from losing to Manas in the Qualifying to making it to the Final.
2024 French Open Semi-Finalist Lorenzo started well and broke Manas twice to close the first set 6-2 in his favor. Manas came back all guns blazing in the next one and won the set all hands down 6-0.
In the third set the momentum had shifted with Manas. He closed the set in no time to win his first ever futures Title at the age of 17 years.
The boy has shown immense grit and resilience to win Eight matches in Eight days at Monastir, Tunisia
With this win, Manas is expected to enter his career high Top 800
