Sanil, Shree Krishna in last 8; Aditi in semis

Aditi Shreya of Bihar in action during her match in the AITA Talent Series Tournament in Patna on January 22, 2013.

Patna, January 22, 2013: Allen Johnson Koundon of Kerala,  Azad Singh of Haryana,  Shree Krishna of Bihar and Sanil Jagtiani of West Bengal were among eight players moved into the boys U-18 singles quarterfinals of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Second Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here today.

In the girls U-16 singles, Aditi Shreya, Sakshi Suman, Shilpi Swarupa Das and Manisha Sahani moved into the semifinals. 

Results: Boys’ U-18 singles (pre-quarterfinals): Allen Johnson Koundon (Ker) bt Ritwik Ranjan (Bihar) 6-1, 6-0, Azad Singh (Haryana) bt Sanoj Kumar (Bihar) 6-2, 6-3, Shree Krishna (Bihar) bt Rahul Khanna (Delhi) 6-0, 6-0, Sanil Jagtiani (WB) bt Adveya Sharma (Bihar) 6-2, 6-0, Mohit Dahiya (Delhi) bt Zain Zafar (Bihar) 6-2,7-5, Parikshit Somani (Assam) bt Shrahyat  Parashar (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0, Ankit Anand (Bihar) bt Ravi Tomar (Uttarakhand) 6-4, 7-5, Arnav Alok Goel (UP) bt Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Girl’s U-18 singles (quarterfinal)

Manisha Sahani (UP) bt Sitara Sahani (UP) 6-2,7-5, Shilpi Swarupa Das (Odisha) bt Soumya Singh (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1.

Boys’ U-16 singles (pre-quarterfinal): Sanil Jagtiani (WB) bt Pawan Kumar (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0, Ankit Anand (Bihar) bt Rewant Raj (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0, Anshumat Shrivastav (Bihar) bt Ankit Rao (Haryana) 6-3, 6-3, Adveya Sharma (Bihar) bt Siddhant Raj (Bihar) 6-1, 6-2, Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) bt Shadwal Sufi (Bihar) 6-2, 6-2, Zain Zafar (Bihar) bt Nilay Mishra (Bihar) 6-2, 6-1, Parikshat Somani (Assam) bt Swapnil Sinha (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0

Girls' U16 singles quarterfinals: Aditi Shreya (Bihar)  bt Lavanya Hanshi (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1, Sakshi Suman  (Bihar) bt Soumya Singh (Bihar) 6-3, 6-3. Shilpi Swarupa Das (Odisha) bt Pooja Reddy (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1, 

Manisha Sahani (Uttar Pradesh) bt Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) 5-7, 7-6, 6-1.

Photo: BLTA