Asian Closed Junior Tennis Championships

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

As many as 13 out of the top 15 seeds advanced into the next round of the boys' singles of the Asian Junior Tennis Championships (a test event for the Commonwealth Games) being played here on Wednesday at RK Khanna Tennis Complex.
India’s highest seeded player in the boys section, Sai Kartik Nakireddi (No. 4) cruised into the next round with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Dmitriy Borodkin of Kazakhstan. Ronit Singh Bisht (seeded fifth) and No. 6 seed Vaidik Munshaw also entered the next round with ease.
Other Indians to have progressed ahead are Sumeet Shinde, Mansingh Athare, Saurabh Singh, Rakshay Thakkar, Siddharth Rawat, Rishabdev Raman and Shahbaaz Khan.
Earlier, National Champion Ankita Raina silenced the challenge of spirited Pakistan player Ushna Suhail in two sets to make her way to the pre-quarterfinal in the girls’ singles.Ankita, 14th seed in this tournament was extended in the first set by Suhail who is from Lahore but managed to win the match at 7-6, 6-4.

Another seeded player Rishika Sunkara (7th) outplayed Abhilasha Ahuja 6-1, 6-1 to move into the last sixteen.Other Indian girls who have sailed into the last 16 are Kyra Shroff, Andya Naik, Natasha Palha and Sharon Sanchana Paul.
BOYS’ SINGLES:

Chuhan WANG (CHN) [1] beats Saurabh Patil(IND) 6-1, 6-2
Sumeet SHINDE (IND) [11] beats GARRY TOKAS(IND) 6-0, 6-3
Ronit SINGH BISHT (IND) [5] beats SAI SARAN REDDY B. 6-2, 3-0(Conceded)
Vaidik Munshaw (IND) [6] beats Justin TO(HKG) 6-4, 6-2
XIN GAO (CHN) [3] Beats Wen-Chun LIANG(TPE) 6-2, 6-0
Mansingh Athare (IND) beat Leander Lazaro (PHI) [16] 6-2, 2-6, 6-2
Saurabh Singh (IND) [12] Yash Deshpande (IND) 6-3, 6-1
Warit Sornbutnark (THA) [8] beat Jatin Dahiya (IND) 6-0, 6-0
Sai Kartik Nakireddi (IND) [4] beat Dmitriy Borodkin (KAZ) 6-0, 6-4
Rakshay Thakkar (IND) [9] beat Digvijay Singh Mehta (IND) 6-4, 6-2
Siddharth Rawat (IND) beat Rohit Bisht (IND) 7-6 (2), 6-1
Rishabdev Raman (IND) [14] beat Srikar Alla (IND) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Kaichi Uchida (JPN) [7] beat Wen-Jao Liang [TPE] 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
Chi-Shan Jao (TPE) [15] beat Tarun Nath Surath (IND) 6-0, 6-0
Bowen Ouyang (CHN) [2] beat Chih-Jen Ho (TPE) 6-1, 6-3
Shahbaaz Khan (IND) beat Artem Tarasov (UZB) 7-6 (6), 6-4
3rd round- Girls singles

1. Rishika Sunkara (IND) [7] beat Abhilasha Ahuja (IND) 6-0, 6-1
2. Kyra Shroff (IND) [10] beat Anushka Bhargava (IND) 6-2, 6-2
3. Eri Hozumi (JPN) [1] beat Nova Patel (IND) 6-3, 6-1
4. Lin ZHU (CHN) [5] beats Sharmada Balu(IND)7-5, 3-6, 6-2
5. Andya Naik(IND) beats Tanaporbn THONGSING (THA)[16] 6-2, 3-6, 6-1
6. Zhaoxeuan Yang (CHN) [11] beat Bhuvana Kalva (IND) 6-1, 6-1
7. Miyu Kato (JPN) [3] beat Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (IND) 6-1, 6-2
8. Zi Yang (CHN) [4] beat Nao Hibino (JPN) 6-2, 6-3
9. Sabina Sharipova (UZB) [8] beat Shweta Rana (IND) 6-0, 6-1
10. Ankita Raina (IND) [14] beat Ushna Suhail (PAK) 7-6, 6-4
11. Napatsakorn Sankaew (THA) [6] beat Natalla Khaniejo (IND) 6-1, 6-1
12. Ran TIAN (CHN) [2] beat Vaniya Dangwal (IND) 6-1, 6-0
13. Miho KOWASE (JPN) [9] beat Prarthana G. Thombare (IND) 6-0, 6-2
14. Li-Yun “Stefanie” Tan (SIN)[13] Beats Aishwarya Agrawal(IND) 6-0, 6-3
15. Natasha Palha (IND) Beats Ayaka Okuno (JPN) 7-5, 6-1
16. Sharon Sanchana Paul(IND) [15] Beats Riko Sawayanagi (JPN) 5-7, 7-5, 6-2