Elan Elangoven upsets Ritwik Bhriguvanshi

Patna, January 17, 2013: Elan Elangoven of Tamil Nadu shocked title favourite Ritwik Bhriguvanshi of Bihar 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in the U-16 boys singles semifinals of the India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Thursday.

Now, Elan will face Anshumat Shrivastav of Bihar, who beat Sanoj Kuamr of Bihar 6-2, 7-5 in the second semifinal.

 Results: Boys’ U-18 singles (semifinals): Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) bt Anshumat Shrivastav (Bih) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, Shree Krishna (Bihar) bt Elan Elangoven (TN) 6-2, 6-0.

Girls’ U-18 singles (semifinals): Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Camellia Bhadra (West Bengal) 6-0, 6-1, Meenal Maharwal (Rajasthan) bt Shalini Mishra (Uttar Pradesh) 6-1,6-2.

Girls’ U-18 doubles (semifinals): Sitara Sahani (UP) and Manisha Sahani (UP) bt Meenal Meharwal (Raj) and Manisha Biswas (Delhi) 6-3, 6-0.

Boys’ U-16 singles (semifinals): Elan Elangoven (TN) bt Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, Anshumat Shrivastav (Bihar) bt Sanoj Kuamr (Bihar) 6-2, 7-5

Boys’ U-16 doubles (semifinal): Zain Zafar (Bihar) and Adveya Sharma (Bihar) bt Shivank Sinha (Bihar) Ankit Anand (Bihar) 6-2,7-5

Girls’ U-16 singles (semifinal): Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Medhavi Singh (Bihar) 6-1,6-2, Priyam Kumari (Bihar) bt Megha Pratap (Bihar) 6-1,6-0

Girls’ U-16 doubles (semifinals): Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) and Mallika (Bihar) bt Nandni Shandilya (Bihar) and Sakshi Sinha (Bihar) 6-0, 6-2.