Vishu, Sourabh enter U-18 singles semifinals

Patna, June 22, 2011: Vishu Prasad and Sourabh Raghuvanshi cruised into the semifinals of the boys’ U-18 singles in the second leg of the AITA talent series at the Patliputra tennis court here on Wednesday.

Bihar’s Adamya Vikrant and Asai Akruth of Andhra Pradesh also made the last four grades in the same category.

Results: Boys’ under-18 singles (quarterfinals): Vishu Prasad bt Venkat Siddharth 6-1, 6-2; Adamya Vikrant bt Arnav Alok Goel 6-2, 6-1; Asai Akruth bt Shree Krishna 6-2, 6-3; Sourabh Raghuvanshi bt Aman Kumar 6-2, 6-2.

Boys’ under-16 singles (quarterfinals): Vishu Prasad bt Sanoj Kumar 6-3, 6-3; Siddharth Anand bt Yash Raj Sharan 6-1, 6-2; Shree Krishna bt Ritwik Bhriguvanshi 6-1, 6-2; Nishant Iqbal bt Arnav Alok Goel 6-12, 6-2.

Boys’ under-18 doubles (quarterfinals): Aman Kumar & Aditya Vishwakarma bt Yash Raj Sharan & Aman Baruah Das 6-0, 6-1; Arnav Alok Goel & Ravi Tomar bt Adveya Sharma & Parth Agarwal 6-1, 6-0; Sourabh Raghuvanshi & Venkat Siddhrath bt Shree Krishna & Nioshant Iqbal 6-2, 6-3; Vishu Prasad & Niklash Kanojia bt Shivam Shukla & Siddharth Anand 6-2, 6-2.

Boys’ under-16 doubles (quarterfinals): Siddharth Anand & Shivam Shukla bt Praduman Buddhiraja & Ritwik Bhriguvanshi 7-5, 6-4; Arnav Alok Goel & Ravi Tomar bt Ankit Anand & Ramyak Singh 6-1, 6-1 and Anshumat Srivastava & Adarsh Anand bt Yash Raj Sharan & Parth Agarwal 6-2, 6-1.