Akash upsets Chaturvedi

CHANDIGARH, May 18: Unseeded Akash Sharma of Chandigarh knocked out eighth seed Bhuvan Chaturvedi of Uttar Pradesh in three tough sets in...

CHANDIGARH, May 18: Unseeded Akash Sharma of Chandigarh knocked out eighth seed Bhuvan Chaturvedi of Uttar Pradesh in three tough sets in the under-16 boys category while all the other seeds confortably reached the second round in the second leg of North Zone Adidas Junior Circuit, which is being played at Yamunanagar.

According to information received here, in the under-16 girls category, Neha Singh of Chandigarh, who was seventh-seed, however, lost to unseeded Naina Karsolia of UP.

All other seeds confortably reached the second round in both under-16 and under-14 girls categories.

Results
Boys-under 16 first round: Amonjot Singh Chandigarh bt Nishant Gupta Delhi 6-1, 6-0; Tushar Garg Delhi bt Krishan Karsolia UP 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Atual Kumar Punjab bt Jitin Bishnoi Haryana 7-5, 6-3; Akash Sharma Chandigarh bt Bhuvan Chaturvedi UP 3-6, 7-6 7/0, 6-3; Dhurb Kumar West Bengal bt Anup Anand Chandigarh 6-2, 6-3; Rajat Madan Delhi bt Rahul Verma Delhi 5-1 conceded; Wrik Ganguly Delhi bt Rathindra Kakati Delhi 6-2, 6-1; Anil Goswami Delhi bt Nakul Yadav Delhi 6-4, 6-3.

Boys-under 14 first round: D. Rohit K. Raju Delhi bt Maninder S. Bathia Chandigarh 6-0, 6-1; Ankit Raj Chandigarh bt Lavpreet Singh Chandigarh 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Harneet Singh Chandigarh bt Krishan Karsolia UP 6-1, 6-2; Tushar Liberhan Chandigarh bt Rohan Daddh Haryana 6-0, 6-0; Vipin Gupta Delhi bt Taru Kapoor Haryana 7-5, 6-3; Rohan Bhandari Chandigarh bt Raghav Nanda Delhi 5-2 conceded; Varun Walia UP 5 bt Vishnu Singh Delhi 6-3, 6-0, Gurneet Singh Chandigarh 6 bt Siddharath Gulati Delhi 6-3, 6-0; Ritesh Sabharwal Delhi bt Nikhil Sharma Punjab 6-0, 6-1.

Girls under-16 first round: Sonali Kapoor Delhi bt Neha Delhi 6-1, 6-1; Tara Iyer Delhi bt Geetanajali Sharma Punjab 6-1, 6-0; Anuja Parikh Mah bt Simar Chandigarh 6-1, 6-1; Saneya Judge Chandigarh bt Khushleen Kaur Chandigarh 6-4, 6-4; Harsimaran Kaur Delhi bt Dhanashree Giri Delhi 6-2, 6-1; Satvika Saboo Delhi bt Pooja Kamboj Punjab 6-0, 6-1; Monika Goel Delhi bt Anuradha Shanker Delhi 6-1, 6-1; Pallavi Sharma Rajasthan bt Harleen Uppal Delhi 6-0, 6-1; Bhawani Trimurti delhi bt Shama Praveen Delhi 6-3, 6-4; Naina Karsolia UP bt Neha Singh Chandigarh 6-2, 6-3; Amanpreet Kaur Chandigarh bt Shilpa Dalmia Delhi 7-5 conceded.

Girls under-14 first round: Simar Chandigarh bt Saneya Judge Chandigarh 6-0, 6-2; Tara Iyer Delhi bt Shama Praveen Delhi 6-0, 6-0; Satvika Saboo Chandigarh bt Pallavi Sharma Rajasthan 6-4, 7-6 7/3; Neha Rana Delhi bt Amarpreet Kaur Chandigarh 6-0, 6-1; Bhavani Trimurti Delhi bt Anuradha Shankar Delhi 7-5, 6-3; Silpa Dalmiya Delhi bt Harleen Uppal Delhi 6-2, 6-1; Harsimran Kaur Delhi bt Dhanashree Giri Delhi 6-4, 6-1; Anjani Kant Delhi bt Sakhsi Kamboj Punjab 6-1, 6-0.