CHANDIGARH, JUNE 17:Wild card entrant Ashish Sharma of Rajasthan caused the biggest upset by toppling the top seed Kamal Kishore Maderana, also of Rajasthan by 5-4 (4), 5-3 in the boys Under-16 first-round match of the AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Stadium in Sector 10 here today.
Ashish will now lock horns with another wild card entrant Srijjan Uppal who snufed out the challenge of another wild card Anmol Bains by 4-2, 2-4, 5-3 in an an all-Chandigarh first-round encounter. Delhi’s Abhimanyu Singh staged a fine rally to pull of a mild shock by beating sixth seed Pankaj Kumar of Chandigarh 2-4, 4-2, 4-0.
Second seed Ankit Chaudhary and fifth seed Manish Kumar, both from Delhi, stormed into the boys Under-16 third round. Manish ended the challenge of Manoj of Haryana 6-0, 6-4 and Ankit advanced to the next round after outplaying lucky loser Arjun Tomar of Delhi 6-1, 6-2.
Fifth seed Jahanvi Gupta was surprised by Bhavya Wadhawan, a CLTA trainee. Both players traded stroke for stroke and split the first two sets. However, Bhavya enjoyed an upper hand in the decider to record a hard-fought 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1 triumph in the girls Under-12 singles second round match. However, other seeded players had a smooth sailing in the third round.
top seed Samriti of Delhi proved too good for Rhea Sharma in straight sets 6-0, 6-1 and second sed Simran Wadhwa of Delhi ousted Apekshita Alkesh in straight sets 6-2,6-1. Third seed Vibhuti Khullar of Chandigarh also had an easy second round against Harsimran Kaur. Vibhuti won 6-0, 6-1.
Unseeded Nikita of Delhi shocked second Priyanka Rawat of United Kingdom 6-4, 6-3 in the girls Under-16 second round match. Another seed to be toppled was third seed Vidhya Bharath of Karnataka who was defeate by Medha Toor of Delhi. Medha won 6-3, 6-3. Qualifier Samriti of Delhi also held the spotlight as she shocked seventh seed amiksha Sohal of Punjab 6-2, 6-1.
Results:
Boys Under-16 (Ist round): Srijjan Uppal bt Anmol Singh 4-2, 2-4, 5-3, Udai Singh Mann bt Naveen Dhameja 4-1, 4-0, Hriday Kriplani bt Taranveer Singh 4-0, 4-0, Jaivardhan Gupta bt Jashanveer Singh 4-0, 0-4, 4-2, Manish Kumar bt Paramveer Singh Toor 3-5, 4-1, 4-1, Manoj w/o Samin Bhargava, Ajay Thakur bt Mandeep Kumar 4-2, 4-1, Rishab Dev bt Hardeep Singh 5-3, 5-4 (3), Suraj Beniwal bt Jajbir 4-0, 4-1, Resham Singh bt Varun Kumar 4-0, 4-1, Arjun Tomar bt Ravinder Singh 4-0, 4-0, Ankit Chaduhary bt Bhavtaranpreet Singh 4-2, 4-1, Ashish Sharma bt Kamal Kishore Maderana5-4 (4), 5-3, Abhimanyu bt Pankaj Kumarr 2-4, 4-2, 4-0, Harry Jindal bt Amit Bzad 4-1, 4-0, Jatinder Singh bt Amitojbir 4-1, 4-1.
Girls Under-12 (2nd round): Simran Wadhwa bt Apekshita Alkesh 6-2, 6-1, Samriti Lodha bt Rhea Sharma 6-0, 6-1, Hassan Dhanoa bt Samridhee Sinha 6-0, 6-0, Medha Toor bt Vanshika Sawhney 6-1, 6-2, Bhavya Wadhawan bt Jahnvi 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1, Himani Mor bt Nandani Sharma 7-6 (1), 6-3, Vibhuti Khullar bt Harsimran Kaur 6-0, 6-1, Devika Chakravarty bt Victoria 6-2, 6-1.
Boys Under-12 (2nd round): Jatinder Singh bt Abhinav Bisla 6-0, 6-1, Prateek Alkesh bt Pranav Malhotra 7-5, 6-2, Sachin Kumar bt Nikunj Podhar 6-1, 6-2, Ankush Arora bt Shrey Gupta 3-6, 6-4, 6-2, Sahil bt Yashesh 7-6 (7) conceded, Fatehdeep Singh bt Alex Solanki 6-1, 6-3, Vikas bt Raghav Jai Singhania 6-1, 6-1, Ishaque Eqbal bt Raghav Talwar 6-1, 6-2.
Girls Under-16 (Ist round): Samridhi Lodha bt Isha Budhwal 4-0, 4-1, Vaishnavi bt Hassan Dhanoa 4-0, 4-0, Bhavya Wadhawan bt Jaya Bhandari 4-1, 1-4, 4-1, Charvi Saxena bt Aynaaz Sandhu 3-5, 4-2, 4-2, Deepti Rana bt Harsimran Kaur 5-4 (4), 5-4 (2), Jahanvi Gupta bt Nandani Sharma 5-4 (3), 4-5 (8), 4-1, Samriti bt Shalni Shukla 4-1, 4-0, Vibhuti Khullar bt Shivani Manchandani 4-1, 4-1, Samkisha Sohal w/o Shivangi, Aakansha Punj bt Himani Mor 4-0, 4-0, Abhilasha Mehra bt Karman Kaur 4-0, 4-0, Simran Wadhwa bt Vanshika Sawhney 5-3, 4-1, Medha Toor bt Victoria 4-0, 4-1, Nikita bt Arpita Saxena 4-0, 4-0, Priyanka Rawat bt Devika Chakravarti 4-1, 4-1.
Girls Under-16 (2nd round): Deepti Rani bt Charvi Saxena 6-3, 6-4, Abhilasha Mehra bt Simran Wadhwa 6-4, 6-1, Samriti bt Samiksha Sohal 6-2, 6-1, Medha Toor bt Vidhya Bharath 6-3, 6-3, Nikita bt Priyanka Rawt 6-4, 6-3.