Ansu Bhuyan, Himanshu Kumar reach semifinals

 Adrija Biswas

Sofia Khan

Patna, March 30, 2017: Ansu Bhuyan of Odisha beat Shimon Shastri of Maharashtra 6-2, 6-2 to enter the men’s singles semifinals of the Chandrashekhar Prasad Memorial All India Ranking Tennis Tournament at the Patliputra tennis Centres courts here.

Results:

Men’s singles (quarters)

Ansu Bhuyan (OD) bt Shimon Shastri (MH) 6-2, 6-2; Pagalavan D. (TN) bt P Harshith Sankar Satakarni (AP) 6-1, 5-7, 6-0; Himanshu Kumar (UP) bt Nagendra Rai (UP) 6-0, 6-2; Amit Bzad (HR) bt Arjun Mariyappa (KA) 5-7,6-3, 6-3.

Men’s doubles (quarters): Pagalavan D (TN) & Chinmaay Bakshi (DL) bt Himanshu Kumar (UP) & Shimon Shastri (MH) 7-6, 6-4; Shaik Umair (AP) & D Surya Reddy (AP) bt. Nagendra Rai (UP) Rajendra Rai (UP) 6-4, 6-4

Women’s singles (quarters): Shamika Dhar (KA) bt Asuntha Fleming Candice (BR)  6-0, 6-1; Medhavi Singh (BR) bt Priyam Kumari (BR) 6-3, 6-3; Adrija Biswas (WB) bt Omlata Rai  (UP) 6-3, 6-4; Sofia Khan (BR) bt Mallika Ambastha (BR) 3-6, 6-1, 6-3

Women’s Doubles (quarterfinals):

Meenu Pandey (UP) & Omlata Rai (UP) bt Sakshi Kumari (BR) & Shivani Chauhan (UP) 6-2, 6-1; Sofia khan (BR) &  Shamika Dhar (KA) bt. Tanmaya Khushi (BR) Mahima Kumar (WB) 6-0, 6-1