Shekhar, Shruti bag All India Ranking Tennis titles

Patna, April 16, 2016: Shekhar Jaiswal of Maharashtra beat Rupesh Roy of West Bengal 6-4, 5-7, 6-3 to win the men’s singles title of the 2^nd Vital All India Ranking Tennis Tournament at the Patliputra Tennis Centre court here on Saturday.

Shruti Gupta of West Bengal clinched the women’s singles crown defeating her state mate Adrija Biswas 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in a grueling three setters.

Renu Sinha, member, State Consumer Forum, Government of Bihar and Amit Raj,  MD, Vital Industries distributed the prizes. Dr AB Prasad, secretary BLTA welcomed the guests. Kunal Aikat, chief coach BLTA proposed a vote of thanks.

Results: Men’s singles (final): Shekhar Jaiswal (MAH) bt Rupesh Roy (WB) 6-4, 5-7, 6-3

Men’s doubles (final): Rupesh Roy (WB) & Shekhar Jaiswal (MH) bt Anurag Mishra (UP) & Adarsh Anand (BR) 6-3, 6-4

Women’s singles (final): Shruti Gupta (WB) bt Adrija Biswas (WB) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3

Women’s doubles (final): Adrija Biswas (WB) & Shruti Gupta (WB) Aditi Shreya (BR) & Monika Kumar (WB) 6-2, 6-3

Rupesh meets Shekhar, Shruti faces Adrija in finals

 Adrija Biswas

Rupesh Roy

Patna, April 15, 2016: Rupesh Roy of West Bengal will take on Shekhar Jaiswal of Maharashtra in the men’s singles final of the 2^nd Vital All India Ranking Tennis Tournament at the Patliputra Tennis Centre courts here.

In the women’s final, Shruti Gupta (west Bengal) will face her state mate Adrija Biswas.

Results:

Men’s singles (semifinals): Rupesh Roy (WB) bt Abhinav Mahajan (PB) 6-3, 6-0; Shekhar Jaiswal (MAH) bt Hursh Pandole (MP) 6-4, 6-1.

Men’s doubles (semifinals): Anurag Mishra (UP) & Adarsh Anand (BR) bt Shaik Osama (AP) & Chiranjiv Sahu (CG) 6-4, 6-4; Rupesh Roy (WB) & Shekhar Jaiswal (MH) bt Harsh Pandole (MP ) & Abhinav Mahajan (PB) 7-5,  6-4.

Women’s singles (semifinals): Shruti Gupta (WB) bt Sofia Khan (BR) 6-2, 6-0; Adrija Biswas (WB) bt Aditi Shreya (BR) 7-5, 6-2.

Women’s doubles (quarterfinals): Megha Roy (WB) & Ishika Gupta (WB) bt Sofia Khan (BR) & Kirandeep Kotade (GJ) 6-2, 6-3; Naziya Ahmed (AS) & Aashi Kapoor (UP) bt Lavanya Hanshi (BR) & Tanmaya Khushi (BR)  6-2, 6-4; Aditi Shreya (BR) & Monika Kumar (WB) bt. Shweta Paswan (DL) & Priyam Kumari (BR) 6-4, 4-6, (10-6); Adrija Biswas (WB) & Shruti Gupta (WB) bt. Meenu Pandey (UP) & Sudeshna Sen (WB) 6-0, 6-2.

Women’s doubles (semifinals): Aditi Shreya (BR) & Monika Kumar (WB) bt Naziya Ahmed (AS) & Aashi Kapoor (UP) 6-2, 6-1; Megha Roy (WB) & Ishika Gupta (WB) Vs Adrija Biswas (WB) & Shruti Gupta (WB). This match is unfinished and the score was 6-3on favour of Adrija & Shruti. In the second set Megha & Ishika was up 1-0.

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.

Three Bihar players qualify for the main draw

 Pushkar Singh 

Swapna Yadav 

Patna, April 10, 2016: Anurag Mishra,  Govind Prasad Mourya (both UP), Rewant Raj,  Pushkar Singh (both Bihar), Chiranjiv Sahu (Odisha), Adveya Sharma (Bihar), Mohd Sahil Khan (Rajasthan) and Utkarsh Tiwari (MP) qualified for the main draw of the 2^nd Vital All India Ranking Tennis Tournament at the Patliputra Tennis Centre courts here on Sunday.

In the women’s section, Swapna Yadav (UP) booked her berth in the main draw.

Results: Men’s singles (final qualifying round)

Anurag Mishra (UP) bt Akshansh Kuamr (WB) 6-2, 6-4; Govind Prasad Mourya (UP) bt Nishit Kishor (BR) 6-0, 6-1; Rewant Raj (BR) bt Akshat Kuamr (UP) 6-1, 6-2; Pushkar Singh (BR) bt Zeeshan Kaif (Jharkhand) 6-2, 7-6(2); Chiranjiv Sahu (Odisha) bt Kanishka Singh (BR) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6(5); Adveya Sharma (BR) bt Kanhiya Kumar (Jharkhand) 6-2, 6-3; Mohd Sahil Khan (RJ) bt Sanoj Kumar (BR) 6-3, 6-4; Utkarsh Tiwari (MP) bt Shubham Raj (BR) 6-1, 6-0.

 Women’s singles (final qualifying round): Swapna Yadav (UP) bt Arya Singh (BR) 6-2, 6-2

Qualifying round matches of 2nd Vital All India Ranking Tennis Championships begin

Patna, April 9, 2016: Qualifying round matches of the 2^nd Vital All India Ranking Tennis Championships organized by The Bihar Lawn Tennis Association (BLTA) began at the Patliputra Tennis Centre courts here on Saturday.

BLTA chief coach Kunal Aikat said a large number of players had confirmed their participation from all over India. Rupesh Roy, Anshuman Gulia, Chandra Shekhar Mohanty, Sunny Dahiya , Avilash Mishra, Anshumat Srivaistava  in the men’s section and Sanya Madan, Mahrukh Kokn, Sofia Khan and Aditi Shreya  in the women’s section were among the seeded  players who would fight it out for the crowns, he said.

The main draw matches would start from April 11, he added.  Amit Raj, MD, Vital Industry would inaugurate the championships at 11amon April 11, Kunal said.

Results (men qualifying round): Shubham Raj (BR) bt Harsh Pratap Yadav (BR) 8-3,

Rewant Raj (BR) bt Navdeep Kumar (BR) 8-0, Pushkar Singh (BR) bt Balmukund Bardhan (BR) 8-4, Kanishka Singh (BR) bt Shivam Khandelwal (BR) 8-5, Anurag Mishra (UP) bt Deepankar Suman (JH) 8-0 and Nishit Kishor (BR) bt Pratik Kumar (BR) 8-2.