Girls` top seeds tumble in KDTA-AITA tennis meet

Orissa girls caused major upsets by eliminating top seeds in both under 12 and 16 singles events of the KDTA-AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament here at Bhubaneswar Club on Tuesday. In the quarterfinals, Komal defeated statemate Mitali Padhi in under-16 category, while Tamanna beat West Bengal’s Adrija Biswas in under-12 section. Tamanna’s twin sister Tanmayee also created a flutter by eliminating second seed Koyal Mishra to book her berth in the both the semifinals. Competition in boys’ sections delivered expected results with top two seeds Avilash Mishra, Shakti Ray (both u-12), Ansu Kumar Bhuyan and MMK Ramineni (both u-16) reaching the quarterfinals. Results (All singles): Under-12 boys (Pre-quarters): Avilash Mishra (Ori) bt Sourav Dash (Ori) 6-2,6-2: Adarsh Sahoo (Ori) bt Nilay Mishra (Bih) 6-3,6-3: Nishant Kumar (Bih) bt Adish Mohanty (Ori) 6-4,6-0: Sanil Jagtiani (WB) bt Rishabh Parekh (Ori) 6-1,6-1: Parikshit Somani (Asm) bt Sourav Mishra (AP) 6-0,6-0: Anshuman Srivastav (Bih) bt Rishi Khirwar (UP) 6-2,6-1: Akshat Agarwal (WB) bt Anish Mishra (Ori) 6-3,6-0: Shakti Ray (Ori) bt Adveya Sharma (Bih) 6-0,6-0. Under-16 boys (Pre-quarters): Anshu Bhuyan (Ori) bt Aakash Santuka (Ori) 6-0,6-1: Anshuman Srivastava (Bih) bt Ayush Panda (Ori) 6-0,6-0: Parikshit Somani (Asm) bt Anish Mihsra (Ori) 6-0,6-0: Adwithiya Pattnaik (Ori) bt Adveya Sharma (Bih) 6-0,6-0: Shakti Ray (Ori) bt Shanshank Garg (Ori) 6-0,6-0: Purusottam Dash (Ori) bt Adhish Mohanty (Ori) 6-2,6-4: Avilash Mishra (Ori) bt Rishi Khirwar (UP) 6-4,6-3: MMK Ramineni (AP) bt Vikram A Sahoo (Ori) 6-1,6-2. Under-12 girls (Quarters): Tamanna Pattnaik (Ori) bt Adrija Biswas (WB) 6-4,6-4: Abhilipsa Rath (Ori) bt Bhavya Ramineni (AP) 6-1,6-1: Smriti Sanchita (Ori) bt GVS Mounvika (AP) 6-0,6-0: Tanmayee Pattnaik (Ori) bt Koyal Mishra (Ori) 6-3,6-0. Under-16 girls (Quarters): Komal Visakha (Ori) bt Mitali Padhi (Ori) 6-1,6-3: Tanmayee Pattnaik (Ori) bt Koyal Mishra (Ori) 6-2,6-3: Bhavya Ramineni (AP) bt Alisha Samal (Ori) 5-7,6-4,6-1: Abhilipsa Rath (Ori) bt Adrija Biswas (WB) 6-1,6-0. Photo: Adrija Biswas serves in a doubles match of the KDTA-AITA Talent Series Tournament in Bhubaneswar on Nov 10, 2009.