CHANDIGARH, MAY 19: Top four seeded players cruised into the semifinals of boys under-16 North Zone Adidas Junior tennis circuit which is being played at Yamunanagar. According to infromation received here, top seed Amanjot Singh of Chandigarh defeated Atul Kumar of Punjab 6-1 6-0 while second seeded Nipun Gupta (Delhi) edged past Varun Giri 6-1 6-2.In other quarterfinal match, third seed Chatwinder Singh of Chandigarh prevailed over Saurav Singh 6-4 6-3 and West Bengal's Dhrub Kumar beat Anil Goswami of Delhi 6-3 6-1.
In the boys under-14 second round, unseeded Ankit Raj of Delhi caused the biggest upset by defeating top seed Rohit K Raju in straight sets and then went on to beat eighth seed Harmet Singh in the quarter-finals.Moving into the semifinals along with him were second seed Wrik Ganguly and fourth seed Tushar Librahan.
Results
Boys: Under 16 (quarter-finals): Amanjot Singh (Chandigarh) bt Atul Kumar (Punjab) 6-1, 6-0; Dhrub Kumar (West Bengal) bt Anil Goswami (Delhi) 6-3, 6-1; Chatwinder Singh (Chandigarh) bt Saurav Singh (Chandigarh) 6-4, 6-3; Nipun Gupta (Delhi) bt Varun Giri (Delhi) 6-1, 6-2.
Boys: Under-16 (second round): Amanjot Singh (Chandigarh) bt Tushar Garg (Delhi) 6-1, 6-1; Atul Kumar (Punjab) bt Akash Sharma (Chandigarh) 0-6, 7-5, 7-5; Dhrub Kumar (West Bengal) bt Rajat Madan (Delhi) 6-2, 6-2; Anil Goswami (Delhi) bt Wrik Ganguly (Delhi) 7-6 (7/0), 7-6 (7-4); Chatwinder Singh (Chandigarh) bt S Jaitley (Chandigarh) 6-2, 3-6, 6-0; Varun Giri (Delhi) bt Mahanandan Tyagi (Delhi) 6-2, 6-4.
Girls: Under-16 (quarter-finals): Sania Mirza (AP) bt Ajuja Parikh (Maharashtra) 6-3, 6-3; Rani Smita Jain (Rajasthan) bt Harsimran Kaur (Delhi) 6-0, 6-0; Sanaa Bhambri (Delhi) bt Monica Goel (Delhi) 6-0, 6-1.
Girls: Under-16 (second round): Sania Mirza (AP) bt Sonali Kapoor (Delhi) 6-1, 6-0; Anuja Parikh (Maharashtra) bt Tara Iyer (Delhi) 6-2, 6-1; Rani Smita Jain (Rajasthan) bt Saneya Judge (Chandigarh) 6-2, 6-1.
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