JASSOWAL (LUDHIANA), DEC 9 : Unseeded Suraj Beniwal of Haryana pulled off an upset by shocking second seed Garry Singh Amor of Chandigarh in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 in boys under-16 singles pre-quarter-final match of the AITA Super Series Tennis Tournament being played at the Harvest Tennis Academy here today, 30 km from Ludhiana.
Another Haryana player Resham Singh registered a hard-fought 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3 win over seventh seed Harry Jindal of Punjab in the boys under-16 pre-quarter-final match. Top seed Saurabh Patil of Maharashtra had a smooth sailing into quarter-final at the expense of Madhurjya Dutta of Assam.6-1, 6-1.
Rutuja Bhosale of Maharashtra defeated fourth seed Harnoor Kaur Maan of Chandigarh by 6-1, 5-4 (retd.) in the girls under-16 singles pre-quarter-final match. Third seed Parminder Kaur of Chandigarh ousted Shreya Pasricha of Delhi 7-6 (8), 6-1. Top seed Smriti Joon of Delhi moved into next round after beating Ambika Pande of Tamil Nadu 6-1, 6-2.
Results: Girls singles Under-14(PQFs): Parminder Kaur (1)(Chd) bt Charvi Saxena (Chd) 6-0, 6-0; Rajbir Kaur (6) (Pb) bt Shivani Dabas (Dli) 6-3,6-4; Rimpledeep Kaur (3)(Pb) bt Sumeera Kaur(Dli)6-1, 6-0; Shreya Pasricha (7) (Dli) bt Devki Pande (TN)6-0, 6-3; 6-0, 6-3; Rinisha (Dli) bt Sayesha B Dalal (8) (Dli) 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Rutuja Bhosale (4)(Mah) bt Ambika Pande (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Nehal Sahni (5)(Dli) bt SG Abhinanya (Kar) 6-2, 6-2; K Bhuvana (AP) bt Vasundara Raju (Dli) 6-1, 6-1.
Girls singles Under-16 (PQFs): Smriti Joon (1) (DliI) bt Ambika Pande (TN) 6-1, 6-2; Gundeep Kaur (Pb) bt Rajbir Kaur (8) (Pb) 6-3,6-0; Rutuja Bhosale (Mah) bt Harnoor Kaur Maan (4) (Chd) 6-1, 5-4 (retd.); Nehal Sahni (7) (Dli) bt SG Abhinaya (Kar) 6-4, 6-1; Rimpledeep Kaur (5)(Pb) bt Sayesha B. Dalal (Dli) 6-1, 6-3; Parminder Kaur (3) (Chd) bt Shreya Pasricha (Dli) 7-6 (8), 6-1; Jaspreet Kaur (6) (Pb) bt Rinisha (Dli) 6-2, 6-2; K Bhuvana (2) (AP) bt Anshuka Rajkumar (Dli) 6-2, 6-2.
Boys singles Under-14 (PQFs): Vishal Passi (1) (Mah) bt Manish Kumar (Dli) 6-4, 6-1; Shashank Nautiyal (Dli) bt Basil Khuma (7)(Miz) 5-7, 6-4, 6-3; Dhruv Agarwal (UP) bt A. Nikhit Prasad (AP) 7-6 (4), 6-4; Rishab Dev (5) (Pb) bt Nishant A Rebello (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; Madhurjya Dutta (6) (Aam) bt Manish Drall (Dli) 6-3, 6-2; Vilasier Khate (3) (Har) bt Kuwar S. Tater (Asm) 6-0, 6-3; Abhimanyu Singh (Dli) bt SK Mukund (8) (AP) 6-2, 6-3; SM Abdullah (2) (AP) bt Sushanta Mohanty (Har) 6-1, 6-3.
Boys singles Under-16 (PQFs): Saurabh Patil (1) (Mah) bt Madhurjya Dutta (Asm) 6-1, 6-1; Shikhar Kumar (8) (Dli) bt Nishcay Rawal (Chd) 6-1, 6-1; SM Abdullah (AP) bt Sushanta Mohanty (Har) 6-3, 6-1; Resham Singh (Har) bt Harry Jindal (7) (Pb) 6-7 (0), 7-5, 6-3; Hardarshan S. Gill (6)(Raj) bt Abhimanyu Singh (Dli) 6-2, 6-4; Nikhit Prasad (3)(AP) bt Tushar Mandalekar (Chd) 6-1, 6-1; Vilasier Khate (5) (Har) bt Digvijay Naruka (Chd) 6-1, 6-2; Suraj Beniwal (Har) bt Garry S Amor (2) (Chd) 6-2, 6-3.