Indian sports wrap, November 25: Wild card Aditya beats third seed Atkinson of NZ in ITF Junior Tennis
TENNIS
ITF junior tennis: Wild card Aditya outs NZ’s Atkinson in boys’ first round
Wild card Aditya Mor overcame a sluggish spell to oust the third seed Cody Atkinson of New Zealand 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in the boys’ first round of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Monday.
A trainee of coach Aditya Sachdeva at the Roundglass Academy in Chandigarh, Aditya played the steady game for the most part before accelerating to a smart finish.
In the girls’ section, wild card Aakruti Sonkusare played a dogged long match to tame the fourth seed Yasaman Yazdani of Iran 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Aakruti will play Yuzuha Negishi of Japan in the pre-quarterfinals.
Mahika Khanna gave a good account of her game before bowing out 5-7, 5-7 to the second seed Sara Oliveriusova of the Czech Republic.
Results (first round)
Under-18 boys: Luke Koh (Sgp) bt Prateek Sheoran 7-5, 6-4; Roshan Santhosh (USA) bt Pratyaksh 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; Vraj Gohil bt Taisei Hata (Jpn) 6-4, 6-1; Kandhavel Mahalingam bt Fedor Altukhov 6-2, 6-2; Aarjun Pandit bt Snir Morag (Isr) 6-3, 6-3; Kanata Ozaki (Jpn) bt Sehaj Singh Pawar 6-4, 6-1; Kunanan Pantaratorn (Tha) bt Akshat Dhull 6-2, 6-1; Aditya Mor bt Cody Atkinson (Nzl) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Vihaan Reddy (USA) bt Shubham Sehrawat 6-0, 6-0.
Under-18 girls: Cocomi Saito (Jpn) bt Navy Dabas 6-0, 6-0; Diya Chaudhary bt Rio Wakayama (Jpn) 6-3, 7-5; Raja Sarvagnya Kilaru bt Pehal Kharadkar 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Eva Kaliadina bt Snigdha Patibandla 6-1, 6-1; Harithashree Venkatesh bt Apara Khandare 6-3, 6-3; Yuzuha Negishi (Jpn) bt Snigdha Kanta 6-2, 6-1; Aakruti Sonkusare bt Yasaman Yazdani (Iri) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Azuma Ichioka (Jpn) bt Diya Ramesh 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; Aishwarya Jadhav bt Yashika Shokeen 6-0, 6-3; Harshini Nagaraj bt Malika Amirgalieva (Kaz) 6-2, 6-3; Sara Oliveriusova (Cze) bt Mahika Khanna 7-5, 7-5.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
AITA tennis: Qualifier Keshav beats third seed Vansh in men’s first round
Qualifier Keshav Dangi beat third seed Vansh Nandal 6-3, 6-3 in the men’s first round of the HPCL-Mittal Rs.200,000 AITA ranking tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Monday.
The results (first round):
Men: Sarthak Suden bt Tushar Sharma 6-1, 7-6(3); Arjun Ahyankar bt Ekamjeet Cheema 3-6, 6-1, 7-5; Vansh Yadav bt Vansh Arora 6-4, 6-2; Rakshit Dhankar bt Shorya Jishtu 6-2, 6-2; Omar Sumar bt Shreyas Dogial 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-1; Aryan Chauhan bt Manjot Singh Ahuja 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2; Rahul Singh bt Faizul Rehman 6-4, 6-3; Mayank Yadav bt Prag Sheoran 6-4, 7-5; Sourav Kumar Yadav bt Joy Das 7-6(2), 6-0; Arnav Harsh bt Vansh Janghu 7-5, 6-3; Tushar Bali bt Yashasvi Balhara 6-3, 6-3; Keshav Dangi bt Vansh Nandal 6-3, 6-4; Anshumat Srivastava bt Aditya Kothari 6-7(2), 6-0, 6-3; Pranav Saravanakumar bt Shubham Kumawat 6-3, 6-4; Amtya Ohlyan bt Sahajpreet Singh Bajwa 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Moksh Puri bt Ronit Gupta 3-3 (retired).
Women: Vidula Amar bt Ruma Gaikaiwari 6-3, 6-1; Pragati Solankar bt Neelakshi Lather 6-2, 6-1; Suhani Gaur bt Manshi Singh 6-3, 6-3; Shagun Kumari bt Anjali Dalal 6-2, 7-6(3); Lakshmi Gowda bt Divya Sharma 6-4, 6-4; Shatakshika Sahayak bt Manya Sharma 6-4, 7-5; Danica Fernando bt Anu Moar 6-3, 6-2; Mrinalini Sharma bt Durganshi Kumar 6-3, 6-2; Sreenidhi Amireddy bt Hanshika Singh 6-1, 6-1; Shrawasti Kundliya bt Sanika Kambli 6-0, 6-2; Isha Budwal bt Bhumika Tripathi 6-2, 4-6, 7-5; Jeetesh Kumari bt Siri Patil 7-6(4), 6-4; Samriti Punyani bt Aditi Tyagi 7-6(4), 6-3; Aarushi Raval bt Ridhima Singh 6-2, 7-6(2); Alexa Jagdeep bt Jasmine Rawat 7-6(6), 0-6, 6-0; Saily Thakkar bt Aditi Singh 6-1, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan