Aakash upsets seventh seed Anil Goswami

CHANDIGARH, May 25: Aakash Sharma of Chandigarh caused a mild upset when he defeated seventh seed Anil Goswami of Delhi 6-3, 6-3 in a fir...

CHANDIGARH, May 25: Aakash Sharma of Chandigarh caused a mild upset when he defeated seventh seed Anil Goswami of Delhi 6-3, 6-3 in a first round match boys under-16 section of the Adidas Junior Tennis Circuit Zonal Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today. He was joined in the second round by his colleagues Amanjot Singh, Guneet Singh, Anoop Anand, Saurabh Singh, Chatwinder Singh and Sikander Jaitely.

Amanjot Singh proved too superior of Rajat Madan of Haryana 6-1, 6-1. Sikandar Jaitley ousted Tushar Garg of Delhi 7-5, 6-2. However, the best match in this section was between Nikhil V Murli of Delhi and Manish Choffla of Chandigarh. The match was extended to three sets. In a close fight, Nikhil prevailed over his tough rival 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.

Delhi8217;s Bhambri sisters 8212; Sanaa and Ankita 8212; advanced to the second round of the girls singles under-16 with comfortable victories over their respective rivals. Sanaa outplayed Harleen Uppal of Delhi 6-1, 6-1 and Ankita routed Gurjeet Bains of Chandigarh 6-0, 6-1. Neha and Simmer, both daughters of Chandigarh tennis coach Baldev Singh, also moved into second round. Neha beat Summer Bhullar of Chandigarh 6-0, 6-1 and Simmer ousted Maninder Kaur 6-2, 6-3. Saneya Judge of Chandigarh entered the second round with an easy 6-3, 6-3 win over Anjari Kant of Delhi. Saneya Judge also entered the second round of the girls under 14 singles when she defeated Salonee Khanna of Chandigarh 6-0, 6-0.

Sania Mirza of Andhra Pradesh blanked Khushleen Kaur of Chandigarh 6-0, 6-0 and experienced Rani Smita Jain of Rajasthan did not face any resistance from Naina Karsolia of Uttar Pradesh 6-1, 6-1.

The results of the matches are as under:-
Boys
Under-14 Ist round: Rohit K Raju Dli bt Gurdit Singh Chd 6-1, 6-2, Tushar Liberan Chd bt Arjun Talwar Pb 6-4, 6-2, Warun Walia Dli bt Sahil Vasudeva Dli 6-0, 6-2, Sidharth Gulati Dli bt Vivek Shoukeen Dli 6-2, 6-3, Yuvraj Chd bt Devanand Jha Chd 6-2, 6-0, Ardaman Sidhu Chd bt Tarun Kapoor Hr 6-1, 6-2, Nikhil Goswami Dli bt Raghav Nanda Dli 6-0, 6-1, Rohan Bhandari Chd bt Bharat Srinivasan Dli 6-1, 6-4, Rahul Verma Dli bt Maninder Bajwa Chd 6-2, 6-2, Sanam K Singh Chd bt Ritesh Sabharwal Dli 7-6 4, 3-6, 6-0, Ankit Raj Chd bt Lavpreet Singh Gill Chd 6-7 5, 6-0, 6-3, Nakul Vaish Pb bt Abhinav Grover Dli 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, Tushar Garg Dli bt Harneet Singh Chd 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, Wrik Ganguly Dli bt Nilabh Avasthi Dli 6-4, 6-1, Gurneet Singh Chd bt Krishan Karsolia UP 6-0, 6-2, Yanick Nelord Dli bt G.P. Manish Dli 6-2, 6-7 6, 6-4.
Under-16 1st round: Tushar Liberahan Chd bt Arjun Uppal Dli 6-3, 6-0, Amanjot Singh Chd bt Rajat Madan Hry 6-1, 6-1, D Rohit K Raju Dli bt Nakul Yadav Dli 6-4, 6-3, Nikhil V Murli Dli bt Manish Choffla Chd 4-6, 6-1, 6-3, Arjun Talwar Pb bt Vishal Sachdeva Dli 6-0, 6-1, Dhrub Kumar WB bt Mahanandan Tyagi Dli 6-1, 6-4, Aakash Sharma Chd bt Ankit Raj Chd 6-3, 7-5, Mayank Tyagi Dli bt Sanam K Singh Chd 6-3, 6-4, Anoop Anand Chd bt Varun Giri Dli 6-1, 6-3, Chatwinder Singh Chd bt Vivek Shoukeen Dli 6-3, 6-3, Saurabh Singh Chd bt Rahul Verma Pb 7-5, 7-5, Wrik Ganguly Dli bt Atul Kumar Pb 7-5, 7-5, Nipun Gupta Dli bt Ritesh Sabharwal Dli 6-2, 7-5, Vivek Bhakuni Dli bt Sahil Manchanda Chd 6-0, 6-1, Sikandar Jaitley Chd bt Tushar Garg Dli 7-5, 6-2.

Girls
Under-14 Ist round: Parul Goswami Dli bt Sanjana Kapoor Dli 6-1, 6-0, Kamalpreet Pb bt Neha Rana Dli 6-4, 6-1, Neha Singh Chd bt Bahar Paul Chd 6-1, 6-1, Simmer Chd bt Shaleen Chouhan Chd 6-1, 6-2, Saneya Judge Chd bt Salonee Khanna Chd 6-0, 6-0, Anuja Parekh Mah bt Amarpreet Shalu Chd 6-0, 6-0, Sania Mirza AP bt Anukriti Prasad Dli 6-0, 6-0, Harsimran Kaur Dli bt Dhanashree C Giri Dli 6-0, 6-0, Satvika Saboo Chd bt Shama Parvee Dli 6-0, 6-3, Naina Karsolia UP bt Shaira Sehgal Chd 6-1, 6-0, Sanaa Bhambri Dli bt Gunjeet Bains Chd 6-0, 6-0, Gitanjali Sharma Pb bt Anuradha Shankar Dli 6-1, 6-0, Tara Iyer Dli bt Aastha Choudhary Chd 6-0, 6-0, Gurpreet Virdi Chd bt Anjani kant Dli 6-3, 7-6 6, Pallvi Sharma Dli bt Mallika Malhotra Chd 4-6, 6-2, 6-0, Ankita Bhambri Dli bt Maninder Kaur Chd 6-0, 6-0.
Under-16 Ist round: Sania Mirza AP bt Khushleen Kaur Chd 6-0, 6-0, Sanaa Bhambri Dli bt Harleen Uppal Dli 6-1, 6-1, Gitanjali Sharma Pb bt Anukriti Prasad Dli 6-0, 6-1, Poornima Narayanan Dli bt Harsimran Kaur Dli 6-0, 6-1, Neha Singh Chd bt Summer Bhullar Chd 6-0, 6-1, Sonali Kapoor Dli bt Prabhleen Chouhan Chd 6-0, 6-0, Tara Iyer Dli bt Yuvika Sharma Dli 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, Rani Smita Jain Raj bt Naina Karsolia UP 6-1, 6-1, Monika Goel Dli bt Shama Parveen Dli 6-0, 6-0, Mallika Malhotra Chd bt Bahar Paul Chd 6-0, 6-0, Anuja Parekh Mah bt Pallavi Sharma Dli 6-3, 6-3, Satvika Saboo Chd bt Nehar Rana Dli 6-0, 6-1, Saneya Judge Chd bt Anjani Kant Dli 6-3, 6-3, Parul Goswami Dli bt Gurpreet Virdi Chd 6-4, 6-3, Ankita Bhambri Dli bt Gurgeet Bains Chd 6-0, 6-1, Simmer Singh Chd bt Maninder Kaur 6-2, 6-3.