Amrita, Abhishek bag double crowns, Akhtar Ali battles on

In-form Bengal girl Amrita Mukherjee and Abhishek Alla of Andhra Pradesh walked away with double crowns each in the second edition of the Under-14 Asian Tennis Tournament.

In-form Bengal girl Amrita Mukherjee and Abhishek Alla of Andhra Pradesh walked away with double crowns each in the second edition of the Under-14 Asian Tennis Tournament. The event is being organised under the watchful eyes of the All India Tennis Association AITA and Asian Tennis Federation ATF. Second seed Abhishek Alla defeated the top seed from Mumbai 6-3, 6-2. He then teamed up with Nishchay Rawal and defeated Vishal Passi and Shaikh Abdullah 6-2, 6-3.

In the girls8217; section, top seed Amrita Mukherjee did not have to work hard to take the singles title beating Simran Kaur Sethi 6-3, 6-4. Amrita Mukherjee pairing up with C Sai Samitha defeated the team of Rimpledeep Kaur and Bhawia Wadhwan 6-2, 5-7, 10-6.

Meanwhile, former Davis Cup captain Akhtar Ali, partnering CB Raju of Andhra Pradesh, reached the semi-finals of the senior doubles 65 years round in the ongoing second edition of the GVK-AISTA Senior National Ranking Tennis Tournament being held at the Bengal Tennis Association BTA.

Ali and Raju defeated KV Appalla Raju of Andhra and M Krishnaswamy of Karnataka, in a match which went the distance, by 6-3, 6-7 4-7, 6-3.

In the 45 years event, Kamal Thapa of Nepal reached the semi-finals after upstaging third seed Andhra veteran V Srinivas Reddy in straight sets 7-6 7-2, 6-3. Top seed RE Sudarshan Rao had an easy route to the semis defeating Venkata Pandu Ranga Rao 6-2, 6-0. Fourth seed R Nagraj trounced local hero Dilip Kumar 6-2, 6-1 and second seed Yogesh Shah from Ahmedabad made short work of B Joji Reddy 6-2, 6-4.

In the 55 years category, Maharashtra8217;s Tahir Ali again created an upset beating fourth seed TAPN Rao in a hard fought battle. Ali too the first set in tie-break and the lost the second again in tie break. It was enough to take the wind out of Rao. Ali prevailed 7-6 7-5, 6-7 2-7, 3-0 retd. Top seed V Rama Mohan Rao of Andhra, fifth seed S Settu of Tamil Nadu and second seed K Radhakrishna Murthy completed the semi-finals line-up.

Sixth seed Kesava Perumal created a mini upset in the quarters of the 65 singles category. He defeated third seed TN Lakshmanan. The others who made it to the semis were top seed C Radhakrishnan of Tamil Nadu, fourth seed VR Kulkarni of Karnataka and second seed CB Raju of Hyderabad.

Today8217;s results in the U-14 Asian finals:

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Boys8217; Singles U-14 years India unless specified: Abhishek Alla 2 WC 13 beat Vishal Passi 1 WC 10 6-3, 6-2.

Boys8217; Doubles U-14 India unless specified: Abhishek Alla 038; Nishchay Rawal beat Vishal Passi 038; Shaikh Abdullah 6-2, 6-3.

Girls8217; Singles U-14 India unless specified: Amrita Mukherjee 1 14 beat Simran Kaur Sethi 6-0, 6-4.

Girls8217; Doubles U-14 years India unless specified: Amrita Mukherjee 038; C Sai Samitha beat Rimpledeep Kaur 038; Bhawika Wadhwan 6-2, 5-7, 10-6.

Results of the Sr National Ranking meet:

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Senior Singles 45 Quarter Finals: R.E. Sudarshan Rao AP beat Ch. Venkata Pandu Ranga Rao AP 6-2,6-0; R. Nagraj Kar4 beat Dilip Kumar WB 6-2,6-1; Kamal Thapa Npl beat V. Srinivas Reddy 3AP 7-67-2,6-3; Yogesh Shah 2Guj beat B. Joji Reddy AP 6-2,6-4.

Senior Singles 55 Quarter Finals: Dr. V. Rama Mohan Rao 1AP beat A. Rambabu AP 3-2Retd.; Tahir Ali Mh beat T.A.P.N. Rao 4AP 7-67-5,6-72-7, Retd.; S. Settu 5TN beat Pushpa Raj 3Kar 6-1,3-6,6-3; Radharishna Murthy 2AP beat Lt. Col. Ankaiah AP 6-4,6-1.

Senior Singles 65 Quarter Finals: C. Radhakrishnan 1TN beat M. Krishnaswamy Kar 6-3,7-5; Kesava Perumal 6TN beat T.N. Lakshmanan 3TN 7-67-2,7-67-3; V.R. Kulkarni 4Kar beat S. Narsimha Rao AP 6-0,6-1; C.B. Raju 2AP beat K. Sheshadrinath 8AP 6-4,6-4.

Senior Doubles 45 Pre Quarter Finals: V. Srinivas Reddy AP 038; K. Meher Prakash AP1 beat Raj Dadhich WB 038; B.N. Dhupar WB 6-2,6-1; Ch. Venkata Pandu Ranga Rao AP 038; K. Krishnam Raju AP beat Ashok Kumar WB 038; Joy Banerjee WB 6-4,6-0; Paul Manohar AP 038; Yogesh Shah Guj4 beat M.S. Narayana AP 038; Ravindra K. Nagarkar Mah 6-2,6-3; Deonam Lama WB 038; Kamal Thapa Npl beat Dilip Chowdhury WB 038; Gayadhar Palai WB 6-2,6-4; R.E. Sudarshan Rao AP 038; V. Vijay Kumar AP beat S. Nettappa AP 038; D. Subhash Chandra Bose AP 6-4,6-1; M.V. Swamy AP 038; M. Suresh AP3 beat B. Joji Reddy AP 038; K.S. Raju AP 6-4,6-3; Ashok Kumar Prasad WB 038; Suresh Bandi AP beat Ashok Somani WB 038; Debabrata Ghosh WB 6-2,6-0; R.V. Rama Raju AP 038; R. Nagaraj Kar2 beat Ashis Sen WB 038; Dilip Kumar WB 6-4,6-77-9,6-3.

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Senior Doubles 55 Pre Quarter Finals: A. Rambabu AP 038; S. Settu TN1 beat Abdul Azeez AP 038; M.S. Prakash AP 4-6,6-3,6-3; B.G. Reddy AP 038; Tahir Ali Mah beat U. Krishna Prasad AP 038; P.G.K. Raju AP 6-0,6-1; D.S.N. Raju AP 038; Pushpa Raju AP4 beat Dhavel Patel Mah 038; Tapas Sengupta WB 6-4,5-7,6-0; Vijay Shahane Mah 038; A. Bhaskar Reddy AP beat K.S.R. Mohan Rao AP 038; Lt. Col. Ankaiah AP 7-5,6-3; Ajit Lall WB 038; Somnath Bose WB beat Lakshman Ambulkar Mah 038; K. Sanyasi Rao AP 6-2,6-0; A.S.N. Raju AP 038; Dr. V. Rama Mohan Rao 3 beat A.R. Rao AP 038; V.L.S.N. Raju AP 6-1,6-1; C.B.S. Varaprasad AP 038; Dr. S. Ramakrishna AP beat Shiv Mor Mah 038; Shyam R. Gaikwad Mah 6-2,6-2; T.A.P.N. Rao AP 038; K. Radha Krishnamurthy AP2 beat M. Varahalayya AP 038; S.D. Kumar AP 6-0,6-0.

Senior Doubles 55 Quarter Finals: D.S.N. Raju AP 038; Pushpa Raju AP4 beat Vijay Shahane Mah 038; A. Bhaskar Reddy AP 6-4,6-2; A.S.N. Raju AP 038; Dr. V. Rama Mohan Rao 3 beat Ajit Lall WB 038; Somnath Bose WB 6-4,6-2; T.A.P.N. Rao AP 038; K. Radha Krishnamurthy AP2 beat C.B.S. Varaprasad AP 038; Dr. S. Ramakrishna AP 6-1,7-67-3.