AITA talent series: Devpriya, Adamya in semis

Patna, May 27, 2009
Devpriya Jaiswal and Adamya Vikrant (both Bihar) sailed into the semi-finals of boys’under-18 singles in the AITA talent series tournament at the Patliputra tennis court here on Wednesday.

Strong favourite Devpriya produced another thunderous performance to outclass his team-mate Ishank Ravi 6-1, 6-2 while another Bihar lad Adamya Vikrant struggled to beat Venkat Siddarth 7-6, 7-6 in gruelling tie-breakers.

Results:
Boys' U-18 (singles) quarter finals
Devpriya Jaiswal (Bihar) beat Isank Ravi (Bihar) 6-1,6-2, Amrendra Singh Chaudhary (UP) beat Ishan Priyadarshi (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0, Keshav Kishan (Maharashtra) beat Aman Kumar (Bihar) 6-2, 6-3, Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) beat Venkat Sidharth 7-6 (4), 7-6 (10).

Boys' U-16 (singles) quarter finals
Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) beat Savrabh KR Singh (UP) 6-2, 6-2, Armaan Banerjee (Karnataka) beat Ritwik Bhrigvvanshi (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1,Vaibhav Kumar (Bihar) beat Venkat Siddharth 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.
Girls U-18 (singles) quarter-finals: Shruti Jaiswal (Bihar) beat Sivana Joyce Zaidi (UP) 6-0, 6-0, Ishita Pragya (UP) beat Ayushi Singh (Bihar) 6-3, 2-6, 6-4, Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) beat Shweta Sen (West Bengal) 6-4, 6-0.
Girls’ U-16 (singles) quarter-finals: Ayushi Yadav (UP) beat Ishita Pragya (UP) 6-0, 6-2, Sivana Joyce Zaidi(UP) beat Shweta Sen (West Bengal) 6-2, 6-3.
Boys' U-16 (doubles) quarter-finals:
Anish Anupam (Bihar) and ArmaanBanerjee (Karnataka) beat Pradumn Buddhi Raja (UP) and Abhilash Nair (UP) 6-0, 6-3.