Zain Zafar advances to quarterfinals

 Zain Zafar

 Swapnil Sinha 

Utkarsh Singh

Patna, March 8, 2014: Zain Zafar of Bihar trounced Suvrat Mall of Bihar 6-0, 6-1 to move into the boys U-12 singles quarterfinals of AITA Talent Series Tournament at the Patliputra Tennis Centre here.

BOY’S U-12 SINGLES (PRE-QUARTERFINALS)

Zain Zafar (Bih) bt. Suvrat Mall (Bih) 6-0,6-1
Rewant Raj (Bih) bt. Ansh Tandon (Bih) 6-2,6-3
Roshan Kumar (Bih)  bt. Saahil Shivam (Bih) 6-1,6-1
Swapnil Sinha (Bih) bt. Harsh Shekhar (Bih) 6-3,6-4
Mudit Bhagat (WB) bt. Sahil Bariar (Bih) 6-0,6-1
Aditya Vardhan Roy (WB) bt. Rohil Roy (Bih) 6-0,6-0  
Vishal Vivek (Bih) bt. Anik Ghosh (WB) 6-3,6-2
Utkarsh Singh (Bih) bt. Anurag Agarwal (WB) 6-3,6-3


GIRL’S U-12 SINGLES (PRE-QUARTER FINAL)
Megha Roy (WB) bt. Ayushi Singh (Bih) 6-3,6-4
Megha Pratap (Bih) bt. Tanmaya Khushi (Bih) 6-2,6-3
Aditya Shreya (Bih) bt. Soumya Shigh (Bih) 6-3,6-3
Medhavi Singh (Bih) bt. Jyoti Pratap (Bih) 6-1,6-1
Nilanjana Saha (WB) bt. Abhisha  Raikwar (Jha) 6-0,6-0
Sonal Srishti (Bih) bt. Lavanya Hanshi (Bih) 6-0,6-1
Sakshi Suman (Bih) bt. Mallika (Bih) 6-1,6-1
Monika Kumar (WB) bt. Mahima Kumar (WB) 6-0,6-0 

Utkarsh moves into U-12 singles semifinals

 Amaan Wasim 

Utkarsh Singh

Patna, March 1, 2014: The fourth leg of the AITA Talent Series began at the Patliputra Tennis Centre courts here on Sunday. Utkarsh Singh of Bihar entered the semifinals of the boys U-12 singles beating Pushkar Singh also from Bihar 6-2,6-0

Results: BOYS’ U-12 SINGLES (PRE-QUARTERFINALS): Ansh Tandon (Bih) bt Udai Jain (Bih) 6-0, 6-0; Shubham  Raj (Bih) bt Rohil Roy (Bih)  6-2, 6-3; Shuvrat Mall (Bih) bt Saahil Shivam (Bih) 6-0, 6-2.

QUARTERFINAS: Utkarsh Singh (Bih) bt Pushkar Singh (Bih) 6-2, 6-0; Sahil Bariar (Bih) bt Ansh Tandon (Bih) 6-1, 6-2; Amaan Wasim (WB) bt Suvrat Mall (Bih) 6-4,6-3; Shubham Raj (Bih) bt Aayam Sourya Choudhary (Bih) 4-6, 6-2, 6-3

Utkarsh, Medhavi bag U-12 tennis crowns

Utkarsh Singh of Bihar 

Patna, February 23, 2014: Utkarsh Singh of Bihar outplayed Aaman Wasim of West Bengal 6-3, 6-2 to win the boys’ U-12 singles crown of the AITA Talent Series third leg tournament at the Patliputra Tennis Centre here on Sunday.

Medhavi Singh of Bihar won the girls’ U-12 singles title defeating her Sakshi Suman (Bihar) 6-2, 6-1in the final.

Results: Boys’ U-12 Singles (quarterfinals): Utkarsh Singh (Bih) bt Kanishk (Bih) 6-0, 6-0; Aayam Sourya Choudhary (Bih) bt  Satyam Sujay (Bih) 6-1, 6-0; Aaman Wasim (WB) bt Ansh Tandon (Bih) 6-1, 6-1; Utsav Rakshit (WB) bt Md Rasid Uddin (WB) 6-2, 6-3.
Boys’ U-12 singles (semifinals): Utkarsh Singh (Bih) bt Aayam Sourya Choudhary (Bih)  6-0, 2-6, 6-0; Aaman Wasim (WB) bt Utsav Rakshit (WB)  6-2, 6-3.
Boys’ U-12 singles (final): Utkarsh Singh (Bih) bt  Aaman Wasim (WB)   6-3, 6-2
Girl's U-12 singles (quarterfinals): Sakshi Suman (Bih) bt Soumya Stuti (UP) 6-1, 6-2; Aneesha Mukherjee  (WB) bt Nicky Ekkka (Jha) 6-3, 0-6, 6-2; Ayushi Singh (Bih) bt. Jyoti Pratap (Bih) 6-3, 6-2; Medhavi Singh (Bih) bt Ayesha Swain (Ors) 6-2, 6-2  
Girls’ U-12 singles (semifinals): Sakshi Suman (Bih) bt Aneesha Mukherjee  (WB) 6-2, 6-3; Medhavi Singh (Bih) bt Ayushi Singh (Bih)  6-1, 2-6, 6-1
Girls’ U-12 singles (final): Medhavi Singh (Bih) bt Sakshi Suman (Bih) 6-2, 6-1

Zain, Medhavi wear AITA Talent Series crowns

 Medhavi Singh

Zain Zafar 

Patna, February 3, 2014: Displaying his superb form Zain Zafar outplayed Roshan Kumar 6-0, 6-0 to clinch the AITA Talent Series boys’ U-14 singles title at the Patliputra Tennis Centre courts here on Monday.

Medhavi Singh (Bihar) won the girls’ U-14 crown defeating Ayushi Singh (Bihar) 6-3, 6-0 in the final.

Vishal Vivek and Ayushi Singh (both Bihar) captured the mixed doubles title beating another Bihar pair of Sakshi Suman and Zain Zafar 1-6, 6-2 and 12-10.

Results (Boys U-14 final): Zain Zafar (Bih) bt Roshan Kumar (Bih) 6-0, 6-0.

Girls U-14 final: Medhavi Singh (Bih) bt Ayushi Singh (Bih) 6-3, 6-0

BLTA mixed doubles final: Vishal Vivek (Bih) & Ayushi Singh (Bih) bt Sakshi Suman (Bih) & Zain Zafar (Bih) 1-6, 6-2, 12-10.

Semifinals: Sakshi Suman (Bih) & Zain Zafar (Bih) bt  Utkarsh Singh (Bih) & Medhavi Singh (Bih) 6-2, 6-3; Vishal Vivek (Bih) & Ayushi Singh (Bih) bt. Kumar Aayush (Bih) & Lavanya Hanshi (Bih) 6-2, 6-2

Zain faces Roshan in AITA Talent Series final

 Roshan Kumar

 Utkarsh Singh

Zain Zafar

Patna, February 2, 2014: Zain Zafar of Bihar will meet Roshan Kumar (Bihar) in the boys’ U-14 singles final of the AITA Talent Series at the Patliputra Tennis Centre here. In the semifinals, Zain Zafar overpowered Rewant Raj (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1 while Roshan Kumar beat Utkarsh Singh (Bihar) 6-7, 6-4, 7-6.

In the girls’ U-14 singles final, Medhavi Singh will take on Ayushi Singh.

Results: Boys’ U-14 singles (semifinals): Zain Zafar (Bih) bt Rewant Raj (Bih) 6-0, 6-1; Roshan Kumar (Bih) bt Utkarsh Singh (Bih) 6-7, 6-4, 7-6.

Boys’ U-14 singles (quarterfinals): Zain Zafar (Bih) bt Kanav Goel (WB) 6-0, 6-0; Rewant Raj (Bih) bt Swapnil Sinha (Bih) 6-4, 6-1; Utkarsh Singh (Bih) bt Vishal Vivek (Bih) 6-0, 6-0; Roshan Kumar (Bih) bt Harsh Shekhar (Bih) 6-1, 6-1;

Girls’ U-14 singles (semifinals): Medhavi Singh (Bih) bt Aditi Shreya (Bih) 6-4, 2-6, 6-1; Ayushi Singh (Bih) bt Sakshi Suman (Bih) 6-3, 6-3.

Girls’ U-14 singles (quarterfinals): Aditi Shreya (Bih) bt Megha Pratap (Bih) 6-2, 6-4, Medhavi Singh (Bih) bt Himadri Prakash (Bih) 6-0, 6-0; Ayushi Singh (Bih) bt Soumya Singh (Bih) 6-1, 6-2; Sakshi Suman (Bih) bt Lavanya Hanshi (Bih) 6-0, 6-4.

Mixed doubles U-14 (quarterfinals): Sakshi Suman (Bih) and Zain Zafar (Bih) bt Tanmaya Khushi (Bih) and Rewant Raj (Bih) 6-0, 6-1; Utkarsh Singh (Bih) and Medhavi Singh (Bih) bt Suvrat Mall (Bih) and Megha Pratap (Bih) 6-2, 6-4; Kumar Aayush (Bih) and Lavanya Hanshi (Bih) bt Swapnil Sinha (Bih) and Soumya Singh (Bih) 6-3, 6-4; Vishal Vivek (Bih) and Ayushi Singh (Bih) bt Aditi Shreya (Bih) Roshan Kumar (Bih) 6-3, 6-2.

Zain Jafar reaches quarterfinals

Zain Zafar of Patna in action

Patna, February 1, 2014: Zain Zafar of Bihar beat his state mate Arjeet 6-0, 6-1 to move into the quarterfinals of the AITA Talent Series at the Patliputra Tennis Centre courts here.

Results:

BOY’S U-14 SINGLES (FIRST ROUND)

Suvrat Mall (Bih) bt. Sahil Bariar (Bih) 6-1, 6-2

Pushkar Singh (Bih) bt. Rishi Raj (Bih) 6-0, 6-0

Saahil Shivam (Bih) bt. Prateek Tekriwal (Bih) 6-3, 6-4

Kumar Aayush (Bih) bt. Ansh Tandon (Bih) 6-0, 6-1

Shashwat (Bih) bt. Aryaman Prasad (Bih) 6-2, 6-4

Rohil Roy (Bih) bt. Shubham Raj (Bih) 6-3, 6-3

BOY’S U-14 SINGLES (PRE-QUARTERFINALS)

Zain Zafar (Bih) bt. Arjeet (Bih) 6-0, 6-1

Kanav Goel (WB) bt. Suvrat Mall (bih) 6-1, 6-2

Rewant Raj (Bih) bt. Pushkar Singh (Bih) 6-0, 6-0

Swapnil Sinha (Bih) bt. Saahil  Shivam (Bih) 6-0,6-0

Utkarsh singh (Bih) bt. Kumar Aayush (Bih) 6-3, 6-3

Vishal Vivek (Bih) bt. Shashwat (bih) 6-0, 6-1

Harsh Shekhar (Bih) bt. Rohil Roy (Bih) 6-4, 6-3

Roshan Kumar (bih) bt. Om Prateek (bih) 6-0, 6-0

GIRL’S U-14 SINGLES (PRE-QUARTERFINALS)

Soumya Singh (Bih) bt. Jyoti Pratap (Bih) 6-2, 6-2

Himadri Prakash (Bih) bt. Tanmaya Khushi (Bih) 6-3, 6-3

Aditya enters AITA Talent Series quarterfinals

Patna, January 25, 2014: Aditya Vardhan of West Bengal beat Saahil Shivam of Bihar 6-0, 6-1 in the boys’ U-12 singles and entered the quarterfinals of the AITA Talent Series at the Patliputra Tennis Centre courts here.

Results:

BOY’S U-12 SINGLES (FIRST ROUND)

 KANISHK (BIH) BT. APURV AMRIT (BIH) 6-2, 6-1

ANSH TANDON (BIH) BT. ROHIL ROY (BIH) 6-1, 6-2

RISHI RAJ (BIH) BT. ARYAMAN PRASAD (BIH) 6-3, 6-2

PUSHKAR SINGH (BIH) BT. TAVISH SINGH (BIH) 6-2, 6-3

ANDY THAOSEN (ASM) BT. SATYAM SUJAY (BIH) 6-3, 6-2

SHUBHAM RAJ (BIH) BT. SARTHAK RAJ (BIH) 6-3, 6-3

 BOY’S U-12 SINGLES (PRE-QUARTER FINAL)

ADITYA VARDHAN (WB) BT. SAAHIL SHIVAM (BIH) 6-0, 6-1

RAKTAV DUTTA (ASM) BT. KANISHK (BIH) 6-0, 6-1

SAHIL BARIAR (BIH) BT. RISHI RAJ (BIH) 6-1, 6-1

AONJONEYA BANERJEE (WB) BT. PUSHKAR SINGH (BIH) 6-3 6-4

AMAAN WASIM (WB) BT. ANDY THAOSEN (ASM) 6-0, 6-0

SHUBHAM RAJ (BIH) BT. AAYAM SOURYA CHOUDHARY (BIH) 6-2, 6-3

UTKARSH SINGH (BIH) BT. UDAY JAIN (BIH) 6-0, 6-1

Ritwik Bhriguvanshi loses in U-16 singles final

Ritwik Bhriguvanshi of Bihar lost to Ishaque Eqbal of West Bengal 3-6, 1-6 in the boys' U-16 singles final of the AITA Talent Series Fifth Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts in Patna on February 15, 2013.

Photo: BLTA 

Muskaan reigns supreme in AITA Talent Series

Muskaan Ranjan of Karnataka beat Priyam Kumari of Bihar 6-1, 6-1 to win the girls' U-18 singles title of the AITA Talent Series Fifth Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts in Patna on February 15, 2013.

Photo: BLTA

Madhu Jaiswal loses to Muskaan Ranjan in final

Madhu Jaiswal of Bihar lost to Muskaan Ranjan of Karnataka 3-6, 2-6 in the girls' U-16 singles final of the AITA Talent Series Fifth Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts in Patna on February 15, 2013.

Photo: BLTA.

Ishaque Eqbal loses to Dalwinder Singh in final

Ishaque Eqbal of West Bengal lost to Dalwinder Singh of Punjab 2-6, 4-6 in the boys' U-18 singles final of the AITA Talent Series Fifth Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts in Patna on February 15, 2013.

Photo: BLTA

Dalwinder proves he is the bast

Dalwinder Singh of Punjab

Patna, February 15, 2013 Dalwinder Singh of Punjab beat Ishaque Eqbal of West Bengal 6-2, 6-4 to win the boys’ U-18 singles title of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Fifth Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Friday.

It was Dalwinder’s second title in a row on this clay turf. Just a week ago, he won the U-18 singles title in the fourth leg of this tournament.

Karnataka girl Muskaan Ranjan also added three titles to her kitty. She won the U-18 singles title defeating Bihar’s Priyam Kumari 6-1, 6-1 and later for the U-16 singles title she beat Madhu Jaiswal of Bihar 6-3, 6-2. Partnering with Madhu, she won the U-18 doubles title beating Bihar pair of Priyam Kumari and Sonal  Sristi 6-1, 6-3.

Results

Boys’ U-18 singles (final): Dalwinder Singh (Punjab) bt Ishaque Eqbal (West Bengal) 6-2, 6-4.

Boys’ U-18 doubles (final): Dalwinder Singh (Punjab) and Ravinder Singh (Punjab) bt Shree Krishna (Bihar) and Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) 6-1, 6-2.

Boys’ U-16 singles (final): Ishaque Eqbal (West Bengal) bt Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) 6-3, 6-1.

Boys’ U-16 doubles (final): Mridul Kharkwal (UP) and Adarsh Chaudhary (UP) bt Shree Krishna (Bihar) and Anshumat Srivastava (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0.

Girls’ U-18 singles (final): Muskaan Ranjan (Karnataka) bt Priyam Kumari (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1.

Girls’ U-18 doubles (final): Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) and Muskaan Ranjan (Karnataka) bt  Priyam Kumari (Bihar) and Sonal  Sristi (Bihar) 6-1, 6-3.

Girls’U-16 singles (final): Muskaan Ranjan (Karnataka) bt Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) 6-3, 6-2.

Anshumat races into second round

Anshumat Srivastav

Patna, February 4, 2013: Patna boy Anshumat Srivastav was off to a flying start winning his first round matches of the boys U-18 and U-16 sections with great elan and comfort  in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Fourth Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Monday.

Anshumat thrashed another Bihar boy Shadwal Sufi 6-0, 6-0 in the U-18 singles while in the U-16 singles, he beat Sourabh Singh of Uttar Pradesh 6-2, 6-3.

Results: Boys’ U-18 singles (first round): Asher John Kandthil (UP) bt Akshat Kumar (UP) 6-0, 6-0, Ankit Anand (Bihar) bt Nilay Mishra (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1, Ravinder Singh (Punjab) bt Abhilash Nair (UP) 6-1, 6-1, Zain Zafar (Bihar) bt Siddhant Raj (Bihar) 6-2, 6-1, Chirag Dahiya (Haryana) bt Sharayat Parashar (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1, Ramyak Singh (Bihar) bt Siddhant Mahala (Rajasthan) 6-2, 6-2, Jagtar Singh (Punjab) bt Sourabh Singh (UP) 6-0, 6-0, Adarsh Anand (Bihar) bt Karan Singh (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1, Ankit Rao (Haryana) bt Adveya  Sharma (Bihar) 6-1, 6-0, Anshumat Srivastav (Bihar) bt Shadwal Sufi (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0, Siddharth Bedekar (Delhi) bt Samit Kesari (UP) 6-0, 6-2.

Boys’ U-16 singles (first round): Prakhar Raj (Bihar) bt Purab Arora (Bihar) 6-3, 6-4, Asher John Kandthil (UP) bt Harshal Rukhaiyar (Maharashtra) 6-2, 6-2, Chirag Dahiya (Haryana) bt Ankit Anand (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1, Roshan Kumar (Bihar) bt Swapnil Sinha (Bihar) 6-3, 6-2, Anshumat Srivastav (Bihar) bt Sourabh Singh (UP) 6-2, 6-3, Adarsh Choudhary (UP) bt Ramyak Singh (Bihar) 6-3, 6-2, Samit Kesari (UP) bt Siddhant Raj (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1, Vishal Vivek (Bihar) bt Syed Shahbaaz Ahmed (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0, Siddharth Bedekar (Delhi) bt Nilay Mishra (Bihar) 6-3, 6-2, Zain Zafar (Bihar) bt Siddhant Mahala (Raj) 6-1, 6-3, Shadwal Sufi (Bihar) bt Shivam Khandelwal (Bihar) 6-1, 6-2.

Photo: BLTA

Shilpi Swarupa Das captures U-16 singles title

Shilpi Swarupa Das of Odisha fought it hard to down Manisha Sahani of Uttar Pradesh 7-6, 7-6 to win girls' U-16 singles title in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Second Leg Tournament  at the Patliputra Colony courts in Patna on January 25, 2013.

Photo: BLTA

Meenal Maharwal wears crown

Meenal Maharwal of Rajasthan tamed Madhu Jaiswal of Bihar 6-3, 6-1 to win girls' U-18 singles title of the  AITA Talent Series Second Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony Courts in Patna on January 25, 2013.

Photo: BLTA

Grand double for Parikshit Somani

Patna, January 25, 2013: Parikshit Somani of Assam beat Sanil Jagtaini of West Bengal 6-3, 6-1 to clinch the boys’ U-18 singles title in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Second Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Friday.

Parikshit also won the boy’s U16 singles title defeating the same opponent Sanil Jagtaini 7-5, 6-2 and made it a grand double in this week-long tournament.

Boys’ U-18 singles (final): Parikshit Somani (Assam) bt Sanil Jagtaini (WB) 6-3, 6-1.

Boys’ U-18 doubles (final): Mohit Dahiya (Delhi) and Allen Johnson Koundan (Kerala) bt Ankit Rao (Haryana) and Azad Singh (Haryana) 6-2, 6-4.

Boys’ U-16 singles (final): Parikshit Somani (Assam) bt Sanil Jagtaini (WB) 7-5, 6-2.

Boys’U-16 doubles (final): Anshumat Shrivastav (Bihar) and Zain Zafar (Bihar) bt Adveya Sharma (Bihar) and Siddhant Raj (Bihar) 6-1,6-3.

Girls’ U-18 singles (final): Meenal Maharwal (Rajasthan) bt Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) 6-3, 6-1.

Girls’ U-18 doubles (final): Shilpi Swarupa Das (Odisha) and Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Manisha Sahani (UP) and Sitara Sahani (UP) 6-2, 6-4.

Girls’ U-16 singles (final): Shilpi Swarupa Das (Odisha) bt Manisha Sahani (UP) 7-6,7-6.

Girls’ U-16 doubles (final); Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) and Shilpi Swarupa Das (Odisha) bt Aditi Shreya (Bihar) and Soumya Singh (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1.

Photo caption: Parikshit Somani of Assam in action during his final matches at BLTA courts in Patna on January 25, 2013.

Photo: BLTA

Sanil faces Parikshit in boys U-18 singles final

 Parikshit Somani of Assam in action at BLTA courts in Patna on January 24, 2013

Meenal Maharwal of Rajasthan in action at BLTA courts in Patna on January 24, 2013

Patna, January 24, 2013: West Bengal’s Sanil Jagtaini moved into the boys’ U-18 singles final overpowering Allen Johnson Koundon of Kerala 6-2, 6-3 in the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Second Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Thursday.

Sanil will face Parikshit Somani of Assam, who overcame a stiff challenge from Arnav Alok Goel of Uttar Pradesh 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. 

Sanil and Parikshit also booked their berths in the boys U-16 final winning their respective semifinal matches comfotabely.

Meenal Maharwal of Rajasthan struggled hard to down Shilpi Swarupa Das of Odisha 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the girls’ U-18 singles semifinal.

Results:

Boys’ U-18 singles (semifinals): Sanil Jagtaini (WB) bt Allen Johnson Koundon (Kerala) 6-2, 6-3; Parikshit Somani (Assam) bt Arnav Alok Goel (UP) 4-06, 6-4, 6-2.

Boys’ U-18 doubles (semifinals): Ankit Rao (Haryana) and Azad Singh (Haryana) bt Shree Krishna (Bihar) and Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) 7-5, 6-4.

Boys’ U-16 singles (semifinals): Sanil Jagtaini (WB) bt Anshumat Shrivastav (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1; Parikshit Somani (Assam) bt Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) 6-1, 6-0.

Boys’ U-16 doubles (semifinals): Anshumat Shrivastav (Bihar) and Zain Zafar (Bihar) bt Ankit Anand (Bihar) and Nilay Mishra (Bihar) 6-2, 6-2; Adveya Sharma (Bihar) and Siddhant Raj (Bihar) bt Utksrsh Singh (Bihar) and Shadwal Sufi (Bihar) 6-2, 6-1

Girls’ U-18 singles (semifinals): Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) bt Manisha Sahani (UP) 6-0, 6-3; Meenal Maharwal (Rajasthan) bt Shilpi Swarupa Das (Odisha) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Girls’ U-18 doubles (semifinals): Manisha Sahani (UP) and Sitara Sahani (UP) bt Meenal Maharwal (Rajasthan) and Camellia Bhadra (WB) 6-4, 7-5.

Girls’ U-16 singles (semifinals): Shilpi Swarupa Das (Odisha) bt Sakshi Suman (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1; Manisha Sahani (UP) bt Aditi Shreya (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1.

Girls’ U-16 doubles (semifinals): Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) and Shilpi Swarupa Das (Odisha) bt Tanmaya Khushi (Bihar) and Sakshi Sinha (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0; Aditi Shreya (Bihar) and Soumya Singh (Bihar) bt Pooja Reddy (Bihar) and Lavanya Hanshi (Bih) 6-0, 6-1.

Photo: BLTA

Sanil shows Shree Krishna the door

Sanil Jagtaini (top) of Bengal  in action against Shree Krishna (bottom) in the AITA Talent Series Tournament in Patna on January 23, 2013.

Patna, January 23, 2013: Sanil Jagtaini of Bengal upset first leg champion Shree Krishna of Bihar 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in the boys’ U-18 singles quarterfinal of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Second Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Wednesday.

Joining Sanil in the semifinals, the other three were Allen Johnson Koundon of Kerala, Parikshit Somani of Assam and Arnav Alok Goel of Uttar Pradesh.

Allen Johnson Koundon beat Azad Singh (Haryana) 6-1, 6-2 while Parikshit Somani beat Mohit Dahiya (Delhi) 6-3, 6-3. Arnav Alok Goel thrashed Ankit Anand 6-1, 6-2.

Results: Boys’ U-18 singles (quarterfinals): Allen Johnson Koundon (Kerala) bt Azad Singh (Haryana) 6-1, 6-2; Sanil Jagtaini (WB) bt Shree Krishna (Bihar) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; Parikshit Somani (Assam) bt Mohit Dahiya (Delhi) 6-3, 6-3; Arnav Alok Goel (UP) bt Ankit Anand 6-1, 6-2.

Boys’ U-18 doubles (quarterfinals): Ankit Rao (Haryana) and Azad Singh (Haryana) bt Rahul Khanna (Delhi) and Nimesh Khandelwal (Delhi) 6-3,7-6; Sanil Jagtaini (WB) & Parikshit Somani (Assam) bt Arnav Alok Goel (UP) and Ravi Tomar (Delhi) 6-0, 6-1.

Boys’ U-16 singles (quarterfinals): Sanil Jagtaini (WB) bt Ankit Anand (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0; Anshumat Shrivastav (Bihar) bt Adveya Sharma (Bihar) 6-1, 6-2; Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) bt Vishal Vivek Kumar (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1; Parikshit Somani (Assam) bt Zain Zafar (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0.

Boys’ U-16 doubles (quarterfinals): Anshumat Shrivastav (Bihar) and Zain Aafar (Bihar) bt Roshan Kumar (Bihar) and Vishal Vivek Kumar (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0; Utksrsh Singh (Bihar) and Shadwal Sufi (Bihar) bt Swapnil Sinha (Bihar) Rewant Raj (Bihar) 6-2, 6-3.

Photo: BLTA

Sanil, Shree Krishna in last 8; Aditi in semis

Aditi Shreya of Bihar in action during her match in the AITA Talent Series Tournament in Patna on January 22, 2013.

Patna, January 22, 2013: Allen Johnson Koundon of Kerala,  Azad Singh of Haryana,  Shree Krishna of Bihar and Sanil Jagtiani of West Bengal were among eight players moved into the boys U-18 singles quarterfinals of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Second Leg Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here today.

In the girls U-16 singles, Aditi Shreya, Sakshi Suman, Shilpi Swarupa Das and Manisha Sahani moved into the semifinals. 

Results: Boys’ U-18 singles (pre-quarterfinals): Allen Johnson Koundon (Ker) bt Ritwik Ranjan (Bihar) 6-1, 6-0, Azad Singh (Haryana) bt Sanoj Kumar (Bihar) 6-2, 6-3, Shree Krishna (Bihar) bt Rahul Khanna (Delhi) 6-0, 6-0, Sanil Jagtiani (WB) bt Adveya Sharma (Bihar) 6-2, 6-0, Mohit Dahiya (Delhi) bt Zain Zafar (Bihar) 6-2,7-5, Parikshit Somani (Assam) bt Shrahyat  Parashar (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0, Ankit Anand (Bihar) bt Ravi Tomar (Uttarakhand) 6-4, 7-5, Arnav Alok Goel (UP) bt Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4

Girl’s U-18 singles (quarterfinal)

Manisha Sahani (UP) bt Sitara Sahani (UP) 6-2,7-5, Shilpi Swarupa Das (Odisha) bt Soumya Singh (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1.

Boys’ U-16 singles (pre-quarterfinal): Sanil Jagtiani (WB) bt Pawan Kumar (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0, Ankit Anand (Bihar) bt Rewant Raj (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0, Anshumat Shrivastav (Bihar) bt Ankit Rao (Haryana) 6-3, 6-3, Adveya Sharma (Bihar) bt Siddhant Raj (Bihar) 6-1, 6-2, Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bihar) bt Shadwal Sufi (Bihar) 6-2, 6-2, Zain Zafar (Bihar) bt Nilay Mishra (Bihar) 6-2, 6-1, Parikshat Somani (Assam) bt Swapnil Sinha (Bihar) 6-0, 6-0

Girls' U16 singles quarterfinals: Aditi Shreya (Bihar)  bt Lavanya Hanshi (Bihar) 6-1, 6-1, Sakshi Suman  (Bihar) bt Soumya Singh (Bihar) 6-3, 6-3. Shilpi Swarupa Das (Odisha) bt Pooja Reddy (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1, 

Manisha Sahani (Uttar Pradesh) bt Madhu Jaiswal (Bihar) 5-7, 7-6, 6-1.

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Good day for Bihar players in AITA Talent Series

Patna, January 21, 2013: The second leg of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) Talent Series Tournament began at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Monday. No upset was witnessed on the first day.

Bihar’s Ankit Anand, Shrayat Parasher and Zain Zafar moved into the second round winning their respective matches in the boys’ U-18 singles first round.

Ankit Anand beat Anshumat Shrivastav 6-1, 6-2. Shrayat Parasher downed Siddhant Raj 6-2, 6-2 while Zain Zafar beat Nilay Mishra 6-0, 6-1.

Results: Boys’ U-18 singles (first round): Aarnav Alok Goel (UP) bt Nimesh Khandelwal (Delhi) 6-1,6-1, Rahul Khanna (Delhi) bt Sadwal Sufi (Bihar) 6-1,6-2

Boy’s U-16 singles (first round): Shadwal Sufi (Bihar) bt Purab Arora (Bih) 6-2, 6-2, Vishel Vivek (Bihar) bt Utkarsh Singh (Bihar) 6-1,6-2, Rewant Raj (Bihar) bt Roshan Kumar (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1, Zain Zafar (Bih) bt Ritwik Ranjan (Bihar) 6-1,6-0

Girls U-16 singles (pre-quarterfinals): Soumya Singh (Bihar) bt Sakshi Sinha (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1, Lavanya Hanshi (Bihar) bt Tanmaya Khushi (Bihar).