Five Bihar players enter quarterfinals

Patna, October 26, 2010: Five Bihar players including Ishank Ravi, Upmanyu Sinha, Anshumat Srivastav, Venkat Siddarth and Vaibhav Kumar moved into the under-16 boys’ singles quarterfinals of the AITA ranking tournament at the Patliputra tennis court here on Tuesday.

Results: Boys’ under-16 singles (pre-quarterfinals): Ishank Ravi bt Sanoj Kumar (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0; Upmanyu Sinha bt Anish Anupam (Bihar) 6-4, 6-3; Anshumat Srivastav bt Harsh Sharma (UP) 6-0, 6-0 and Vaibhav Kumar bt Ayush Sharma (UP) 6-1, 6-0.

Boys’ under-14 singles (pre-quarterfinals): Upmanyu Sinha bt Shekhar Raj Srivastava 6-2, 6-2; Sanoj Kumar bt Adveya Sharma 6-2, 6-2; Madhav Singhal bt Ashish Kumar Ojha 7-5, 6-3; Shree Krishna bt Ayush Sharma 6-0, 6-2; Praduman Buddhiraja bt Ritwik Bhriguvanshi 5-7, 6-4, 7-5; Adarsh Anand bt Ramyak Singh 7-5, 6-3; Mridul Kharkwak bt Ankit Anand 7-6, 7-5.

Photo caption: Adamya Vikrant in action during his singles match in Patna on October 26, 2010.

Photo: BLTA