Bihar boys Rewant, Swapnil advance into second round

 Madhu Jaiswal

 Lavanya Hanshi

Patna, April 11, 2016: Rewant Raj and Swapnil Sinha (both Bihar) moved into the second round of the 2nd Vital All India Ranking Tennis Tournament at the Patliputra Tennis Centre courts here on Monday.

Rewant fought hard to dispatch Chiranjiv Sahu (Odisha) 6-4, 7-6 while Swapnil got the better of his state mate Kanishka Singh 6-1, 6-0.

In women’s singles first round, Bihar’s Madhu Jaiswal tamed other Bihar lass Arya Singh 6-0, 6-0 to advance into the second round.

Earlier, Amit Raj, MD, Vital Industries inaugurated the tournament. Dr Akhouri B Prasad, secretary Bihar Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) welcomed the guests and Kunal Aikat, BLTA chief coach proposed a vote of thanks.

 

Results (men’s singles first round): Rupesh Roy (Bengal) bt Pushkar Singh (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0; Utkarsh Tiwari (MP) bt Adveya Sharma (Bihar) 6-2, 6-2; Ashutosh Das (Odisha) bt Mohd Sahil Khan (Rajasthan) 7-5, 6-0; Osama Shaik (Aandhra Pradesh) bt Nishit Kishor (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0; Saneesh Mani Mishra (UP) bt Balmukund Bardhan (Bihar) 6-2, 6-0; Harsha Vardhan (Karnataka) bt Akshansh Kumar (Bengal) 6-3,7-6; Shekhar Jaiswal (Maharashtra) bt Shubham Raj (Bihar) 6-0, 6-2; Rewant Raj (Bihar) bt Chiranjiv Sahu (Odisha) 6-4,7-6; Anurag Mishra (UP) bt Dushyant Verama (MP) 6-2, 6-3; Hursh Pandole (MP) bt Govind Prasad Maurya (UP) 6-3, 6-2; Vishvendar Singh (Delhi) bt Sanoj Kumar (Bihar) 6-2, 6-3; Swapnil Sinha (Bihar) bt Kanishka Singh (Bihar) 6-1, 6-0.

Women’s singles (first round): Mariyam Khan (UP) bt Shweta Paswan (Delhi) 6-2, 6-1; Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Arya Singh (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0; Monika Kumar (Bengal) bt Lavanya Hanshi (Bihar) 6-3, 6-1.