AITA talent series: Six Bihar players in boys' U-16 singles second round

Patna, June 16, 2009
Six Bihar players moved into the second round of the boys’ under-16 singles in the All India Tennis association (AITA) taslent series at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Tuesday.

Venkat Siddharth of Bihar outplayed Anand Mohan Singh of Delhi 6-1, 6-1 while Shree Krishna (Bihar) crushed Adarsh Anand (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0. In the other first round matches, Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) got the better of Ankesh Anand (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1, Osho (Bihar) struggled hard to down Ahbar Alam (Bihar) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2, Anish Anupam (Bihar) drubbed Md Tausif (UP) 6-1, 6-0 and Ishank Ravi (Bihar) beat Somya Raj (Bihar) 7-6 (2), 6-0.

Results
Boys’ under-16 singles (first round):
Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) beat Ankesh Anand (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1; Ahmad Malick (UP) beat Anubhav Bhartiya (UP) 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-6 (9); Shree Krishna (Bihar) beat Adarsh Anand (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0; Abhishek Kumar (UP) beat Vaibhav Kumar (Bihar) 6-2, 6-0; Venkat Siddhjarth (Bihar) beat Anand Mohan Singh (Delhi) 6-1, 6-1; Zaid Ali Akhtar (WB) beat Zain Zafa (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1; Amritanjay Kumar (UP) beat Abhilash Nair (UP) 6-1, 6-2; Armaan Banerjee (Karnataka) beat Siddhant Vishwakarma (UP) 6-2, 6-2; Rajat Solanki (Delhi) beat Anshumat Srivastava (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1; Marcos Gomes (Delhi) beat Ashish Sharma (Delhi) 6-0, 6-0; Aditya Kumar (Vishkarma (UP) beat Salman Ahmad (UP) 6-0, 6-0; Rahul Singh (Delhi) beat Ashok Kumar (Delhi) 6-0, 6-1; Osho (Bihar) beat Ahbar Alam (Bihar) 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Anish Anupam (Bihar) beat Md Tausif (UP) 6-1, 6-0; Ishank Ravi (Bihar) beat Somya Raj (Bihar) 7-6 (2), 6-0 and Abhishek Kumar (UP) beat Varenya Vikrant (Bihar) 6-1, 6-0.

Boys’ under-18 singles: (first round)
Devepriya Jaiswal (Bihar) beat Md Tausif (UP) 6-1, 6-0; Adamya Vikrant (Bihar) beat Arjun Arora (Delhi) 6-3, 7-5; Anish Anupam (Bihar) beat Varenya Vikrant (Bihar) 7-6 (3), 6-4 and Shree Krishna (Bihar) beat Ashok Kumar (Delhi) 6-0, 6-0.
Rahul Singh (Delhi) beat Somya Raj (Bihar) 6-1, 6-2; Eshwar Rao (WB) beat Rajat Solanki (Delhi) 2-6, 5-4 (match conceded); Amritanjay Kumar (UP) beat Naunin (Delhi) 6-7, 6-0, 2-0; Arpit Sharma (Rajasthan) beat Armaan Banerjee (Karnataka) 6-3, 6-2; Marcos Gomes (Delhi) beat Abhishek Kumar (UP) 6-2, 6-4; Ishank Ravi (Bihar) beat Abhishek Kumar 6-2, 6-3; Aman Kumar (Bihar) beat Anand Mohan Singh (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1; Zaid Ali Akhtar (WB) beat Om Prakash (Bihar) 7-5, 6-7, 6-0 and Aditya Kumar Vishwakarma (UP) beat Vaibhav Kumar (Bihar) 6-3, 6-2.