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.

Delhi’s Bhambri sisters — Sanaa and Ankita — 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.

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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.

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