03-Nov-2008 136
Seeded players registered first round wins in the under-12 and under-16 (boys and girls) AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament, which began at Bhubaneswar Club today.
Around 140 youngsters from 12 states joined the tournament, which was inaugurated by retired bureaucrat Hawa Singh Chahar in the presence of host Orissa Tennis Association chairman Priyabrat Patnaik and secretary Madhusudan Padhi.
Results (1st round):
U-12 boys singles:
Ishaque Iqbal (WB) bt Ranjan Thakur (Jha) 6-2, 6-2: T Mohan Sai (AP) bt Vikram Aditya Sahoo (Ori) 6-1, 6-2: Bhupal Raju (AP) bt Rishabh Saha (WB) 6-1, 6-1: Adwitya Patnaink (Ori) bt MK Chatiyana (AP) 6-1, 6-3: Abhilash Mishra (Ori) bt Akshat Agrawala (WB) 6-1, 6-0: Ritwik Chatarjee (WB) bt Vishal Aditya Sahoo (Ori) 7-5, 6-4: BS Rahul (Kar) bt Nishant Kumar (Bih) 6-1, 6-2: Arjun Patnaik (AP) bt MS Salim (Jha) 6-2, 7-6(11-9): DS Satvik (AP) bt Akash Shantuka (Ori) 6-0, 6-1: MS Zandu (Jha) bt B Neepun Kumar (Ori) 7-6(9-8), 6-1: Purusottam Dash (Ori) bt Adhish Alok Mohanty (Ori) 6-1, 6-3: MMK Ramneni (AP) bt Kumar Saurav Dash (Ori) 6-2, 6-2: Sakti Ray (Ori) bt Y Anutej (AP) 6-4, 6-4: Sandeep Thrdilala (AP) bt Sanil Jagtiani (WB) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4): AS Anudeep (AP) bt Ayush Panda (Ori) 7-6(7-4), 6-0: Rahul Somani (AP) bt Nikunj Poddar (WB) 6-4, 6-1.
U-16 boys singles: Sanjiv Kerketa (WB) bt Ashis Sahoo (Ori) 6-0, 6-2: MMK Ramineni (AP) bt KK Varun Kumar (AP) 6-0, 6-1: Bhupal Raju (AP) bt MS Salim (Jha) 6-1, 6-2: Nishant rebello (AP) bt Ranjan Thakur (Jha) 6-0, 6-1: V Siva Kumar (AP) bt Saurav Padhi (Ori) 6-0, 6-1: B Abhishek Verma (AP) bt Shakti Ray (Ori) 6-1, 6-1: Sambit Mohapatra (Ori) bt Siddharth Dash (Ori) 3-6, 6-3, 6-1: Siddharth Reddy (TN) bt Pratik Mohanti (Ori) 6-2, 6-1: C Sisir (AP) bt MK Chatyanya (AP) 7-6(7-3), 7-6(7-2): A Venkatesh Prasad (AP) bt Adwitya Patnaik (Ori) 6-1, 6-0: Rahul Somani (AP) bt M Faheem (UP) 6-0, 6-1: Shrysh Das (Ori) bt Avishek Rath (Ori) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4: DS Sathvik (AP) bt Amritarjay Kumar 7-6(7-1), 6-0: Purusottam Dash (Ori) bt Rohit Thomas (Ori) 6-1, 6-1: Y Anutej (AP) bt Nikunj Poddar (WB) 6-4, 6-3: Nirjan Ram (TN) bt MS Jhandu (Jha) 6-1, 6-1.
U-16 girls singles:
J Doondi Priya (AP) bt Mahalingam Maya (TN) 6-0, 6-1: Shivani Mula (AP) bt Mehak Sekhani (WB) 6-3, 6-1: Komal Vishakha (Ori) bt Alisha Samal (Ori) 6-2, 6-2: Tulana Nan (WB) bt Abhipsa Rath (Ori) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3: A Ankita (TN) bt Tamanna Pattnaik (Ori) 6-1, 6-0: Siksha Dhawan (Ori) bt Mitali Padhi (Ori) 2-6, 7-5, 6-4: Svikriti Mokha (Mah) bt Sushmita Paul (Jha) 6-1, 6-0: KR Selena (AP) bt T Rajashree (UP) 6-1, 6-0: Srijita Ghosh (WB) bt Aryasuta Nayak (Ori) 6-0, 6-2.
