Goswami shocks Krishna Kumar

NEW DELHI, May 5: Rank outsider Anil Goswami shocked second seed Krishna Kumar of Uttar Pradesh 6-0, 6-1 in the first round of the under-16...

NEW DELHI, May 5: Rank outsider Anil Goswami shocked second seed Krishna Kumar of Uttar Pradesh 6-0, 6-1 in the first round of the under-16 event in the Adidas North Zone juniors circuit third leg here today.

Two more upsets, seventh seed Aditya Shriram of Delhi losing to qualifier Aman Wadhwa and eighth seed Shivang Mishra going down to Nishank Mishra were the highlights of the day.

Results: Under-16 (1st round): Anil Goswami bt Krishna Kumar 6-0 6-1; Bhupesh Pandey bt Riaz Ahmed 7-5 7-5; Aditya Khanna bt Amanjot Singh 6-1 6-2; Harsh Vardhan bt S.Abhinav 3-6 7-5 6-3; Rahul Sharma bt Nipun Gupta 4-6 6-3 6-1; Aman Wadhwa bt Aditya Shriram 6-1 2-6 6-1; Nishank Mishra bt Shivang Mishra 6-3 6-2; Sukhamrit Lakhat bt Gurmehar Singh 6-3 6-3; Sarbinder Singh bt Harneesh Randhawa 6-1 6-2; Shivnandan Singh bt Manav Khullar 6-3 6-2; PS Bhattacharya bt Vivian Chettri 6-2 6-2; Ashutosh Singh bt Kartik Vatsal 4-6 6-1 6-3; Ritesh Chitlangia bt Vipin Sirpaul 6-2 6-2; Kaptan Karsolia bt Bhuvan Chaturvedi 4-6 6-3 6-1; Pundreek Chaturvedi bt Parantap Chaturvedi 6-4 4-6 6-4.

Under-14 (1st round): P.S.Bhattacharya bt Devanand Jha 6-0 6-0; Harnesh Randhawa bt Pyas Choudhary 6-1 6-1; Sukhad Juneja bt Krishna Kumar 6-2 6-0;Nipun Gupta bt Anup Anand 6-2 4-6 6-3; Shivang Mishra bt Bhuvan Chaturvedi 6-4 6-2; P.Chaturvedi bt Varun Giri 6-1 6-0; N Mishra bt Saurav Singh 6-4 6-3; Ritesh Chitlangia bt Nakul Yadav 7-6 6-2; D Rohit Raju bt Arjun Uppal 6-3 6-0; Wrik Ganguly bt Dhruv Jain 4-6 6-3 6-1; Vivek Bhakuni bt Akash Sharma 6-1 6-3.