AITA talent series: 6 Bihar players in second round

Patna, May 25, 2009
Six Bihar players moved into the second round of the boys’ under-18 singles in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) talent series tournamenrt at the Patliputra tennis courts here on Monday.

Vaibhav Kumar led the Bihar charge with 6-3, 6-0 victory over statemate Abhishek Ranjan. Joining Vaibhav in the second round were IshankRavi, Ritwik Bhriguvanshi, Anish Anupam, Venkat Siddharth and Asarsh Prakhar. Bheeshmak Srivastav of Uttar Pradesh also entered the second round posting 6-3, 6-1 win over Pappu Kumar (Bihar).

Results:
Boys’ under-18 singles (first round):Vaibhav Kumar (Bihar) beat Abhishek Ranjan (Bihar) 6-3, 6-0; Ishank Ravi (Bihar) beat Arsh Prakhar (Bihar); Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) beat Om Prakash (Bihar) 6-1, 6-3; Parag Agarwal (MP) beat Abhilash Nair (UP) 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7); Anish Anupam (Bihar) beat Nihal Singh (Bihar) 6-1, 6-0; Keshav Kishan (Maharashtra) beat Qasim Masumi(Bihar) 6-2, 6-0; Venkat Siddharth (Bihar) beat Praduman Buddhi Raja(UP) 6-2, 6-4; Saurabh Kumar Singh (UP) beat Aditya V Bhardwaj (Bihar) 6-2, 6-1; Asarsh Prakhar (Bihar) beat Anurag (Bihar) 6-2, 6-2; Amarendra S Choudhary (UP) beat Ayush Agarwal (MP) 6-1, 6-0.