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Amanjot enters semis

CHANDIGARH, MAY 19: Top four seeded players cruised into the semifinals of boys under-16 North Zone Adidas Junior tennis circuit which is...

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CHANDIGARH, MAY 19: Top four seeded players cruised into the semifinals of boys under-16 North Zone Adidas Junior tennis circuit which is being played at Yamunanagar. According to infromation received here, top seed Amanjot Singh of Chandigarh defeated Atul Kumar of Punjab 6-1 6-0 while second seeded Nipun Gupta Delhi edged past Varun Giri 6-1 6-2.

In other quarterfinal match, third seed Chatwinder Singh of Chandigarh prevailed over Saurav Singh 6-4 6-3 and West Bengal8217;s Dhrub Kumar beat Anil Goswami of Delhi 6-3 6-1.

In the boys under-14 second round, unseeded Ankit Raj of Delhi caused the biggest upset by defeating top seed Rohit K Raju in straight sets and then went on to beat eighth seed Harmet Singh in the quarter-finals.Moving into the semifinals along with him were second seed Wrik Ganguly and fourth seed Tushar Librahan.

Results
Boys:
Under 16 quarter-finals: Amanjot Singh Chandigarh bt Atul Kumar Punjab 6-1, 6-0; Dhrub Kumar West Bengal bt Anil Goswami Delhi 6-3, 6-1; Chatwinder Singh Chandigarh bt Saurav Singh Chandigarh 6-4, 6-3; Nipun Gupta Delhi bt Varun Giri Delhi 6-1, 6-2.

Boys: Under-16 second round: Amanjot Singh Chandigarh bt Tushar Garg Delhi 6-1, 6-1; Atul Kumar Punjab bt Akash Sharma Chandigarh 0-6, 7-5, 7-5; Dhrub Kumar West Bengal bt Rajat Madan Delhi 6-2, 6-2; Anil Goswami Delhi bt Wrik Ganguly Delhi 7-6 7/0, 7-6 7-4; Chatwinder Singh Chandigarh bt S Jaitley Chandigarh 6-2, 3-6, 6-0; Varun Giri Delhi bt Mahanandan Tyagi Delhi 6-2, 6-4.

Girls: Under-16 quarter-finals: Sania Mirza AP bt Ajuja Parikh Maharashtra 6-3, 6-3; Rani Smita Jain Rajasthan bt Harsimran Kaur Delhi 6-0, 6-0; Sanaa Bhambri Delhi bt Monica Goel Delhi 6-0, 6-1.

Girls: Under-16 second round: Sania Mirza AP bt Sonali Kapoor Delhi 6-1, 6-0; Anuja Parikh Maharashtra bt Tara Iyer Delhi 6-2, 6-1; Rani Smita Jain Rajasthan bt Saneya Judge Chandigarh 6-2, 6-1.

 

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