JASSOWAL (Ludhiana) Oct 28 : Seeds fell aplenty at The Harvest Tennis Academy – AITA Championship Series being played At the Harvest Tennis Academy, 30 km from Ludhiana. Top seed Smriti Joon was ousted by Punjab’s Rimpledeep Singh in straight sets 6-4,6-2 in the girls’ singles Under18.
Fourth seed Om Dalvi from Maharashtra was ousted by Haryana’s Reshm Singh in a match which went the full distance. Resham prevailed 6-3,0-6,6-4. Seventh seed A. Nikhit Prasad of AP got knocked out by Chandigarh’s Pankaj Kumar 6-2,2-6.6-1. Eighth seed Bavneet Singh of Delhi was shown the door by Prashanta Priyadarshi of UP in the boys’ singles Under-16. Prashanta won 6-4,6-3.
Third seed Saurabh Dilip Patil of Maharashtra survived a scare as Punjab’s Rishab Dev took him to tie break in the first set. Patil won 7-1 in the tie break. He then found his rhythm and took the second set at 6-1 to enter the quarters.
In the girls’ singles Under 18, eighth seed Gundeep Kaur of Punjab won over UP’s Samia Rizvi in a marathon lasting more than 190 minutes 6-7(5-7),6-4,7-5.
Rimpledeep Kaur, Jaspreet Kaur, Gundeep Kaur, Rajbir Kaur, A. Pradeep Reddy and Rishab Dev have done well to reach the quarters and semis in the events being played here.
Results:
Boys singles Under 16 Pre Quarter-Finals: K. Pradeep Reddy (1)(AP) beat Yuvraj Kumar (Q)(Dli) 6-4,6-4; Prashanta Priyadarshi (Q)(UP) beat Bavneet Singh (8)(Dli) 6-4,6-3; Saurabh Dilip Patil (3)(Mah) beat Rishab Dev (Pb) 7-6(7-1),6-1; Manish Kumar (Q)(Dli) beat Gurvinder Mann (Dli) 6-4,7-5; Pankaj Kumar (Q)(Chd) beat A. Nikhit Prasad (7)(AP) 6-2,2-6,6-1; Resham Singh (Q)(Har) beat Om Dalvi (4)(Mah) 6-3,0-6,6-4; Tushal Thawani (5)(Guj) beat Hardarshan Singh Gill (Raj) 6-2,6-2; Garry Singh Amor (2)(Chd) beat Jaspinder Singh (Pb) 6-1,6-2.
Boys’ Singles Under 18 Pre Quarter Finals : K. Pradeep Reddy (Q)(1)(AP) beat Yuvraj Kumar (WC)(Dli) 6-4,6-1; Vishvesh Sinha (Q)(7)(Mah) beat Garry Singh Amor (Chd) 6-2,6-2; Navneet Kumar (3)(UP) beat Harry Singh Amor (Chd) 6-1,6-0; Kunal Anand (WC)(5)(Dli) beat Sunny Dahiya (LL)(Har) 6-3,6-2; Armaan Choudhary (6)(Chd) beat Arpit Sharma (Q)(Raj) 6-2,3-6,6-3; Saurabh Dilip Patil (4)(Mah) beat A. Nikhit Prasad (WC)(AP) 6-4,6-0; Akshat Joshi (8)(Chd) beat Prashanta Priyadarshi (UP) 6-2,6-4; Mandeep Singh Gill (Chd) beat Ankit Chopra (2)(Chd) 6-7(4-7),6-4,7-5.
Girls’ Singles Under 16 Pre Quarter Finals : Smriti Joon (1)(Dli) beat Bhavika Wadhawan (Dli) 6-2,6-2; Rajbir Kaur (Pb) beat Jaspreet Kaur 6-1,6-4.
Girls’ Singles Under 16 Quarter Finals : Smriti Joon (1)(Dli) beat Jaspreet Kaur (Pb) 6-1,6-3; Ravnoor Kaur (3)(Chd) beat Shivani Dabas (Dli) 6-1,6-1; Rimpledeep Kaur (4)(Pb) beat Soumya Pulumati (AP) 6-2,6-2; Harnoor Kaur Mann (2)(Chd) beat Nikita (Chd) 6-0,6-0.
Girls’ Singles Under 18 Pre Quarter Finals : Rimpledeep Kaur (Pb) beat Smriti Joon (1)(Dli) 6-4,6-2; Rajbir Kaur (WC)(Pb) beat Bhavika Wadhawan (6)(Chd) 7-5,6-3; Mehak (3)(Chd) beat Shivani Dabas (Dli) 6-0,6-1; Jaspreet Kaur (7)(Pb) beat Harkirat Kaur Bains (Pb) 6-3,6-1; Gundeep Kaur (8)(Pb) beat Samia Rizvi (UP) 6-7(5-7),6-4,7-5; Ravnoor Kaur (4)(Chd) beat Shubh Gulati (Dli) 6-0,6-2; Harnoor Kaur Mann (5)(Chd) beat Nikita (Chd) 6-2,7-5; Jaanesh M. Kaur (2)(Chd) beat Sowmya Pulumati (WC)(AP) 7-5,6-3.
Boys’ Doubles Under 16 Pre Quarter Finals : Sandeep Singh (Pb) & Jajbir Singh (Pb) beat Ravinder Singh (Pb) & Jagtar Singh (Pb) 5-3,4-2; Gulshan Kumar (Pb) & Sohrab Singh (Pb) beat Hardeep Singh Honey (Pb) & Jagdeep Singh Saran (Pb) 5-3,5-4(8-6); Bhavtaran Preet Singh (Chd) & Manish Kumar (Dli) beat Jotpal Singh (Pb) & Dalwinder Singh (Pb) 4-2,4-0; Harpreet Singh (Pb) & Hardeep Singh (Pb) beat Niklesh Kanojia (MP) & Abhijeet Yadav (Raj) 4-2,0-4,(10-7).
Boys’ Doubles Under 16 Quarter Finals : Sourabh Raghuvanshi (MP) & Yuvraj Kumar (Dli)(1) beat Sandeep Singh (Pb) & Jajbir Singh (Pb) 4-2,4-0; Aviraj Kamboj (Chd) & Mandeep Kumar (Chd) beat Gulshan Kumar (Pb) & Sohrab Singh (Pb) 5-3,4-1; Resham Singh (Har) & Rishab Dev (Pb) beat Bhavtaran Preet Singh (Chd) & Manish Kumar (Dli) 4-1,2-4,(10-4); Pankaj Kumar (Chd) & Madhurjya Dutta (Asm)(2) beat Harpreet Singh (Pb) & Hardeep Singh (Pb) 5-4(7-2),3-5,(10-7).
Boys’ Doubles Under 18 Pre Quarter Finals : Manpreet Chawla (Dli) & Gurvinder Maan (Dli) beat Arpit Sharma (Raj) & Parth Ashwin Girme (Mah) 4-0,5-3; K. Pradeep Reddy (AP) & Amardeep Singh (Chd)(4) beat Shubham Dhamija (UP) & Prashanta Priyadarshi (UP) 5-3,4-1; Vishvesh Sinha (Mah) & Tushal Thawani (Mah) beat Harry Jindal (Pb) & Bavneet Singh (Dli) 4-0,4-0; Saurabh Dilip Patil (Mah) & Om Dalvi (Mah) beat Sonam Phuntsok (HP) & Shikhar Nehru (Chd) 4-2,4-0; Akshat Joshi (Chd) & Navneet Kumar (UP)(4) beat Gourav (Pb) & Sunny Dahiya (Dli) 4-2,4-0; Harry Singh Amor (Chd) & Garry Singh Amor (Chd) beat Jaspinder Singh (Pb) & Harpreet Singh Saran (Pb) 4-2,4-0.
Boys’ Doubles Under 18 Quarter Finals : Kunal Anand (Dli) & Armaan Choudhary (Chd) beat Manpreet Chawla (Dli) & Gurvinder Maan (Dli) 4-1,4-1; Vishvesh Sinha (Mah) & Tushal Thawani (Mah) beat K. Pradeep Reddy (AP) & Amardeep Singh (Chd)(4) 5-3,4-2; Akshat Joshi (Chd) & Navneet Kumar (UP)(4) beat Saurabh Dilip Patil (Mah) & Om Dalvi (Mah) 4-1,4-1.
Girls’ Doubles Under 18 Quarter Finals : Bhavika Wadhawan (Chd) & Ravnoor Kaur (Chd)(3) beat Shubh Gulati (Dli) & Shivani Dabas (Dli) 6-0, 6-2.