Anthony edges out Vasudev to advance

AITA Series

Anthony Savio warded off a strong challenge from Vasudev Vijayaraman in three gruelling sets 2-4, 5-3, 13-11 to reach the boys’ under-18 second round of the Wearhouse AITA Championship Series tennis tournament here on Tuesday.

In the corresponding girls’ category, Pragati Nataraj booked a quarterfinal berth by ouclassing Reshma Ganapati 4-1, 4-0 in the pre-quarterfinal  encounter.

Results (prefix denotes seeding): Boys: U-18 (first round): Anthony Savio bt Vasudev Vijayaraman 2-4, 5-3, 13-11; Nikki Poonacha bt Manish Kumar 4-1, 3-5, 10-4; Ayush Mintri bt Abhimanyu Darwale 4-2, 4-1; Yash Yadav bt Neeraj Kumar Choudary 4-2, 5-4 (4); Gagan Sharma bt Nawaz Syed Abraar 2-4, 4-2, 10-7; Kashyap Ashok bt Tarun Munkur 4-2, 4-0; Mahesh Batija bt Jayasheelan 4-0, 4-0; Niral Shah bt Harsha Manjunath 4-1, 4-2; Nikelesh Kanojia bt S Gokul 4-2, 4-2; Akruth Sai bt Arjun M 4-1, 4-0; Rahul B Srinivas bt Saurab Ajnar 4-0, 4-2; Prasanth Sudamani bt Alok Aradhya 5-3, 5-3; Aditya Anant Gokhale bt Manu N Padule 4-1, 4-2; Deepak Vishwakrama bt Siddarth Reddy 5-3, 4-2.
U-16 (pre-quarterfinals): 1-I B Akshay bt Nandish Mehul 4-5, 4-0, 10-8; Vasudev Vijayaraman bt Ganesh Srinivasan 4-1, 4-5, 10-6; Gnana Bhaskar PV bt PC Anirudh 4-1, 5-3; 8-Arjun Patnaik bt Yash Yadav 4-2, 4-5, 10-5; Aditya Anant Gokhale bt 7-Kishen S 4-0, 5-3; 6-Manav Pondkule bt Ashwin Dhanaswamy 4-1, 4-2; 2-Gagan Sharma bt Yashesh Mulchandi 5-4, 4-1; 5-Aditya Deswal bt PM Ganapati 4-0, 5-3.

Girls: U-18 (pre-quarterfinals): Samriti bt Bindiya 4-1, 4-0; Pragati Nataraj bt Reshma Ganapati 4-1, 4-0; Shambavi Dixith bt Shameema A 4-1, 1-4, 10-6; Isha Budwal bt Kruthika S Raj 4-0, 4-0; Preethi V Gokhale bt Abilasha Vishwanath 4-2, 4-1; Nupur Umashankar bt Bhavani Balakumar 5-3, 4-2; Devanshi G Bhimjayani bt Soha S 4-2, 4-0.   
U-16 (pre-quarterfinals): Samriti bt Isha Budwal 5-3, 5-3; Bindiya Khawani bt Shivani Manjanna 4-2, 4-1; Pragati Nataraj bt Amritha Nath 4-2, 4-0; Bhavani Balakumar bt Suranjeeta Saikia 4-2, 5-4 (7); Ramya Natarajan bt Reshma Ganapati 4-2, 4-0; Devanshi G Bhimjayani bt Sharlee Vijay Deshmukh 4-1, 4-1; Shameema A bt Vasavi G S 4-1, 4-2; Moulika B Ram bt Diana Abi 4-0, 4-1.