Ritwik, Anshumat move into semifinals

Patna, January 16, 2013:  Ritwik Bhriguvanshi and Anshumat Shrivastav of Bihar entered the semifinals of boys U-18 singles in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Wednesday.

Results: Boy’s U-18 singles (quarterfinal): Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) bt Dheeraj Dhanvee (AP) 6-2, 6-1, Anshumat Srivastava (Bihar) bt Ravi Tomar (Uttarakhand) 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, Elan Elangoven (TN) bt Mohit Dahiya (Delhi) 6-4, 6-2, Shree Krishna (Bihar) bt Sanoj Kumar (Bihar) 6-2, 6-2.

Girls’ U-18 singles (quarterfinal): Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Priyam Kumari (Bihar) 6-0, 6-2, Camellia Bhadra (WB) bt Aditi Shreya (Bihar) 6-3, 6-3, Meenal Maharwal (Rajasthan) bt Pooja Reddy (Bihar) 6-1,6-1, Shalini Mishra (UP) bt Manisha Biswas (Rajasthan) 6-4, 6-2.

Boys’ U-16 singles (quarterfinals): Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) bt Arnav Bhardwaj (Haryana) 7-5, 6-4, Elan Elangoven (AP) bt Adveya Sharma (Bihar) 6-1, 6-0, Sanoj Kuamr (Bihar) bt Adarsh Chaudhary (UP) 6-2, 6-2.

Girls’ U-16 singles (quarterfinals): Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Ayushi Singh 6-1, 6-0, Medhavi Singh (Bihar) bt Tanmaya Khushi (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0, Priyam Kumari (Bih) bt Neelam Patel (UP) 6-3, 6-1, Megha Pratap (Bihar) bt Mallika (Bihar) 6-2, 6-2