CHANDIGARH, May 18: Unseeded Akash Sharma of Chandigarh knocked out eighth seed Bhuvan Chaturvedi of Uttar Pradesh in three tough sets in the under-16 boys category while all the other seeds confortably reached the second round in the second leg of North Zone Adidas Junior Circuit, which is being played at Yamunanagar.According to information received here, in the under-16 girls category, Neha Singh of Chandigarh, who was seventh-seed, however, lost to unseeded Naina Karsolia of UP.
All other seeds confortably reached the second round in both under-16 and under-14 girls categories.
Results
Boys-under 16 (first round): Amonjot Singh (Chandigarh) bt Nishant Gupta (Delhi) 6-1, 6-0; Tushar Garg (Delhi) bt Krishan Karsolia (UP) 6-2, 4-6, 6-2; Atual Kumar (Punjab) bt Jitin Bishnoi (Haryana) 7-5, 6-3; Akash Sharma (Chandigarh) bt Bhuvan Chaturvedi (UP) 3-6, 7-6 (7/0), 6-3; Dhurb Kumar (West Bengal) bt Anup Anand (Chandigarh) 6-2, 6-3; Rajat Madan (Delhi) bt Rahul Verma (Delhi) 5-1 conceded; Wrik Ganguly (Delhi) bt Rathindra Kakati (Delhi) 6-2, 6-1; Anil Goswami (Delhi) bt Nakul Yadav (Delhi) 6-4, 6-3.
Boys-under 14 (first round): D. Rohit K. Raju (Delhi) bt Maninder S. Bathia (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-1; Ankit Raj (Chandigarh) bt Lavpreet Singh (Chandigarh) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2; Harneet Singh (Chandigarh) bt Krishan Karsolia (UP) 6-1, 6-2; Tushar Liberhan (Chandigarh) bt Rohan Daddh (Haryana) 6-0, 6-0; Vipin Gupta (Delhi) bt Taru Kapoor (Haryana) 7-5, 6-3; Rohan Bhandari (Chandigarh) bt Raghav Nanda (Delhi) 5-2 (conceded); Varun Walia (UP) (5) bt Vishnu Singh (Delhi) 6-3, 6-0, Gurneet Singh (Chandigarh) (6) bt Siddharath Gulati (Delhi) 6-3, 6-0; Ritesh Sabharwal (Delhi) bt Nikhil Sharma (Punjab) 6-0, 6-1.
Girls under-16 (first round): Sonali Kapoor (Delhi) bt Neha (Delhi) 6-1, 6-1; Tara Iyer (Delhi) bt Geetanajali Sharma (Punjab) 6-1, 6-0; Anuja Parikh (Mah) bt Simar (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-1; Saneya Judge (Chandigarh) bt Khushleen Kaur (Chandigarh) 6-4, 6-4; Harsimaran Kaur (Delhi) bt Dhanashree Giri (Delhi) 6-2, 6-1; Satvika Saboo (Delhi) bt Pooja Kamboj (Punjab) 6-0, 6-1; Monika Goel (Delhi) bt Anuradha Shanker (Delhi) 6-1, 6-1; Pallavi Sharma (Rajasthan) bt Harleen Uppal (Delhi) 6-0, 6-1; Bhawani Trimurti (delhi) bt Shama Praveen (Delhi) 6-3, 6-4; Naina Karsolia (UP) bt Neha Singh (Chandigarh) 6-2, 6-3; Amanpreet Kaur (Chandigarh) bt Shilpa Dalmia (Delhi) 7-5 (conceded).
Girls under-14 (first round): Simar (Chandigarh) bt Saneya Judge (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-2; Tara Iyer (Delhi) bt Shama Praveen (Delhi) 6-0, 6-0; Satvika Saboo (Chandigarh) bt Pallavi Sharma (Rajasthan) 6-4, 7-6 (7/3); Neha Rana (Delhi) bt Amarpreet Kaur (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-1; Bhavani Trimurti (Delhi) bt Anuradha Shankar (Delhi) 7-5, 6-3; Silpa Dalmiya (Delhi) bt Harleen Uppal (Delhi) 6-2, 6-1; Harsimran Kaur (Delhi) bt Dhanashree Giri (Delhi) 6-4, 6-1; Anjani Kant (Delhi) bt Sakhsi Kamboj (Punjab) 6-1, 6-0.
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