Sane, Gavryl score upset wins

NEW DELHI, OCT 12: Top-seeded Amanjot Singh of Chandigarh and second-seeded Jaco T Mathew of Tamil Nadu today moved into the second round...

NEW DELHI, OCT 12: Top-seeded Amanjot Singh of Chandigarh and second-seeded Jaco T Mathew of Tamil Nadu today moved into the second round of the boys under-16 section of the DSCL National Hardcourt tennis championship.

Amanjot moved past another Chandigarh lad Saurabh Singh 6-4, 7-5, while Mathew scored a come-from-behind victory, defeating Arka Mondal of West Bengal 5-7, 6-2, 6-4.

Except for sixth-seeded Dhurb Kumar of West Bengal, seventh-seeded T P Chigateri Kar and eighth-seeded Chatwinder Singh of Tamil Nadu, all other seeds won their opening encounters.

Dhurb went down to Vikrant Sane of Maharashtra 6-4, 5-7, 1-6, Chigateri lost to Gavryl Fernandes Mah 6-4, 0-6, 4-6 and Chatwinder was ousted by fifth-seeded A R Anandkumar AP 6-7, 6-4, 3-6.

Others proceeding to the round of sixteen were third-seeded Rohan Gajjar Mah who defeated local lad Nipun Gupta 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 and fourth-seeded Pratim Parekh Mah who breezed past Avinash Reddy of Tamil Nadu 6-0, 6-0.

In the girls8217; under-16 section, it was a smooth day for seeded players today. Second-seeded Nandita Chandrasekar of Tamil Nadu, third-seeded Isha Lakhani of Maharashtra, fourth-seeded Liza Pereira Mah and eighth-seeded Priyanka Parekh of West Bengal proceeded to round two scoring contrasting wins.

Nandita won over Gayathri Ramesh Ker 7-5, 6-2, Isha breezed past local girl Tara Iyer 6-1, 6-2, Liza defeated Maithri Jagannath Kar 6-2, 6-3 and Priyanka ousted Marutha S Devi TN 6-3, 6-0.

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Top-seeded Megha Vakaria of Maharashtra and promising Sania Mirza of Andhra Pradesh had won their opening encounters yesterday, alongwith sixth-seeded Samrita Sekar TN and seventh-seeded Preeti Rao TN.

In the boys8217; under-14 section, top-seeded R Arun Prakash of Tamil Nadu breezed past state-mate Ajay Salvaraj 6-0, 6-0 and third-seeded V Vignesh AP defeated Anirudh Kulkarni Mah 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in the first round today.

Also advancing to round two were sixth-seeded Vikram Aditya Menon TN who ousted Amresh K AP 6-1, 6-2 and seventh-seeded Saurabh Kohli Mah who beat Vikram Singh of Delhi 6-1, 6-2.

In first round matches yesterday, second-seeded Vikrant Sane Mah, fourth-seeded Chatwinder Singh, fifth-seeded Karan Rastogi Mah and eighth-seeded Tushar Liberhan Chd had proceeded to the second round.

Other Results First Round

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Boys under-16: Nikhil Vijay Murali Dli bt Vivek Bhakuni Dli 7-5, 7-6 5; Somdev K Varman TN bt Arif Haider AP 5-7, 6-3, 6-4; Manoj Balaji TN bt Divij Sharan Dli 6-1, 6-1; Wrik Ganguly Dli bt P Vikas AP 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 9; Harshit Sharma WB bt Karan Rastogi Mah 6-1, 6-1; Rishi Behl Mah bt Denny Eldo Guj 6-0, 6-3; R Arun Prakash TN bt Vikramaditya Menon TN 6-2, 6-0; V Vignesh AP bt Arjun Uppal Dli 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Sukul Saurav WB bt Angad Singh Chd 6-1, 6-0.

Boys under-14: Somdev K Varman TN bt Tushaar Garg Dli 6-0, 6-2; Arjun G Kar bt Vinod M TN 6-3, 7-5; Varun Walia UP bt Wrik Ganguly Dli 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Preetham R Reddy AP bt Ardhaman Sindhu Chd 6-4, 6-3; Somdeep Apnani AP bt Siddesh Sharma Mah 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.

Girls under-16: Ankita Bhambri Dli bt Sandra Sasidharan Ker 6-2, 6-2; Iciri Rai Kar bt Nivedita Venkatesh TN 6-4, 6-4; Naina Karsolia UP bt Sandri Ganghothri AP 6-3, 6-2; Anuja Parekh Mah bt Punam Reddy AP 6-2, 6-3.

Girls under-14: Nivedita Venkatesh TN bt Vandana Murali TN 6-3, 6-2; Satvika Saboo Chd bt Pooja Chopra Kar 6-1, 6-3; Tara Iyer Dli bt Gayatri Iyer Dli 6-1, 6-2; Sandri Ganghothri AP bt D Vijayakumar Kar 6-1, 6-1.