AITA talent series: Adamya in quarter-finals

Patna, June 17, 2009
Adamya Vikrant of Bihar stormed into the quarter-finals of the boys’ under-16 singles defeating Ahmad Malik of Uttar Pradesh 6-0, 6-1 in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) talent series tournament at the Patliputra tennis courts here on Wednesday.

The other two Bihar boys, who moved in to the quarter-finals of the U-16 singles, were Venkat Siddarth and Ishank Ravi.

Results:
Boys' U-16 singles-pre-quarter-finals
Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) bt Ahmad Malik (UP) 6-0, 6-1. Abhishek Kumar (UP) bt Shree Krishna (Bihar) 6-2, 6-4. Venkat Siddharth (Bihar) bt Zaid Ali Akhtar (West Bengal) 7-5, 6-1. Amritanjay Kumar (UP) bt Abhishek Kumar (UP) 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (6). Rajat Solanki (Delhi) bt Arman Banerjee (Karnataka) 7-5, 6-1. Aditya Kumar Vishwakarma (UP) bt Marcos Gomej (Delhi) 6-3, 6-0. Rahul Singh (Delhi) bt Osho (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1. Ishank Ravi (Bihar) bt Anish Anupam (Bihar) 6-2, 6-0.

Boys’ U-18 singles-pre-quarter-finals:
Eshwar Rao (West Bengal) bt Amritanjay Kumar (UP) 6-0, 6-4. Arpit Sharma (Rajasthan) bt Marcos Gomes (Delhi) 6-3, 6-2. Ishank Ravi (Bihar) bt Abhishek Ranjan (Bihar) 6-2, 6-3. Zaid Ali Akhtar (WestBengal) bt Aman Kumar (Bihar) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1. Aditya Kumar Vishwakarma (UP) bt Abhilash Nair (UP) 6-1, 6-0. Venkat Siddharth (Bihar) bt Shree Krishna (Bih) 6-1, 6-1. Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) bt Anish Anupam (Bihar) 7-6 (18), 7-6 (20).

Girls' U-18 singles Pre-quarter-finals:
Disha S Agrawal (Delhi) bt Durgesh Nandan (West Bengal) 6-1, 6-0. Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Adya Sinha (Bihar) 6-2, 6-0. Packer Fatma (Bihar) bt Shwetangi Sah (Bihar) 6-1, 6-0. Sripriya Sarraf (Bihar) bt Raashi Wahal (UP) 6-1, 6-4. Nandita Singh (UP) bt Bhavya Verma (Bihar) 6-1, 6-0. Manuela Gomes (Delhi) bt Mariyam Khan (UP) 6-0, 6-2.