TENNIS
ITF junior tennis: Wild card Aditya outs NZ’s Atkinson in boys’ first round
Wild card Aditya Mor overcame a sluggish spell to oust the third seed Cody Atkinson of New Zealand 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in the boys’ first round of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Monday.
A trainee of coach Aditya Sachdeva at the Roundglass Academy in Chandigarh, Aditya played the steady game for the most part before accelerating to a smart finish.
In the girls’ section, wild card Aakruti Sonkusare played a dogged long match to tame the fourth seed Yasaman Yazdani of Iran 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Aakruti will play Yuzuha Negishi of Japan in the pre-quarterfinals.
Mahika Khanna gave a good account of her game before bowing out 5-7, 5-7 to the second seed Sara Oliveriusova of the Czech Republic.
Results (first round)
Under-18 boys: Luke Koh (Sgp) bt Prateek Sheoran 7-5, 6-4; Roshan Santhosh (USA) bt Pratyaksh 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; Vraj Gohil bt Taisei Hata (Jpn) 6-4, 6-1; Kandhavel Mahalingam bt Fedor Altukhov 6-2, 6-2; Aarjun Pandit bt Snir Morag (Isr) 6-3, 6-3; Kanata Ozaki (Jpn) bt Sehaj Singh Pawar 6-4, 6-1; Kunanan Pantaratorn (Tha) bt Akshat Dhull 6-2, 6-1; Aditya Mor bt Cody Atkinson (Nzl) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Vihaan Reddy (USA) bt Shubham Sehrawat 6-0, 6-0.
Under-18 girls: Cocomi Saito (Jpn) bt Navy Dabas 6-0, 6-0; Diya Chaudhary bt Rio Wakayama (Jpn) 6-3, 7-5; Raja Sarvagnya Kilaru bt Pehal Kharadkar 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Eva Kaliadina bt Snigdha Patibandla 6-1, 6-1; Harithashree Venkatesh bt Apara Khandare 6-3, 6-3; Yuzuha Negishi (Jpn) bt Snigdha Kanta 6-2, 6-1; Aakruti Sonkusare bt Yasaman Yazdani (Iri) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Azuma Ichioka (Jpn) bt Diya Ramesh 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; Aishwarya Jadhav bt Yashika Shokeen 6-0, 6-3; Harshini Nagaraj bt Malika Amirgalieva (Kaz) 6-2, 6-3; Sara Oliveriusova (Cze) bt Mahika Khanna 7-5, 7-5.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
AITA tennis: Qualifier Keshav beats third seed Vansh in men’s first round
Qualifier Keshav Dangi beat third seed Vansh Nandal 6-3, 6-3 in the men’s first round of the HPCL-Mittal Rs.200,000 AITA ranking tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Monday.
The results (first round):
Men: Sarthak Suden bt Tushar Sharma 6-1, 7-6(3); Arjun Ahyankar bt Ekamjeet Cheema 3-6, 6-1, 7-5; Vansh Yadav bt Vansh Arora 6-4, 6-2; Rakshit Dhankar bt Shorya Jishtu 6-2, 6-2; Omar Sumar bt Shreyas Dogial 7-6(5), 6-7(2), 6-1; Aryan Chauhan bt Manjot Singh Ahuja 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-2; Rahul Singh bt Faizul Rehman 6-4, 6-3; Mayank Yadav bt Prag Sheoran 6-4, 7-5; Sourav Kumar Yadav bt Joy Das 7-6(2), 6-0; Arnav Harsh bt Vansh Janghu 7-5, 6-3; Tushar Bali bt Yashasvi Balhara 6-3, 6-3; Keshav Dangi bt Vansh Nandal 6-3, 6-4; Anshumat Srivastava bt Aditya Kothari 6-7(2), 6-0, 6-3; Pranav Saravanakumar bt Shubham Kumawat 6-3, 6-4; Amtya Ohlyan bt Sahajpreet Singh Bajwa 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Moksh Puri bt Ronit Gupta 3-3 (retired).
Women: Vidula Amar bt Ruma Gaikaiwari 6-3, 6-1; Pragati Solankar bt Neelakshi Lather 6-2, 6-1; Suhani Gaur bt Manshi Singh 6-3, 6-3; Shagun Kumari bt Anjali Dalal 6-2, 7-6(3); Lakshmi Gowda bt Divya Sharma 6-4, 6-4; Shatakshika Sahayak bt Manya Sharma 6-4, 7-5; Danica Fernando bt Anu Moar 6-3, 6-2; Mrinalini Sharma bt Durganshi Kumar 6-3, 6-2; Sreenidhi Amireddy bt Hanshika Singh 6-1, 6-1; Shrawasti Kundliya bt Sanika Kambli 6-0, 6-2; Isha Budwal bt Bhumika Tripathi 6-2, 4-6, 7-5; Jeetesh Kumari bt Siri Patil 7-6(4), 6-4; Samriti Punyani bt Aditi Tyagi 7-6(4), 6-3; Aarushi Raval bt Ridhima Singh 6-2, 7-6(2); Alexa Jagdeep bt Jasmine Rawat 7-6(6), 0-6, 6-0; Saily Thakkar bt Aditi Singh 6-1, 6-2.
-Kamesh Srinivasan
HOCKEY
Balwant Singh Kapur tournament: Roundglass Hockey Academy defeats Odisha Naval Tata High Performance Centre
Gursewak Singh was the undisputed star as Roundglass Hockey Academy scored a resounding 5-2 victory over Odisha Naval Tata High Performance Centre, Bhubaneswar, in the final of the 18th all-India Balwant Singh Kapur hockey tournament at the Olympian Surjit Stadium.
Gursewak scored twice in the space of one minute in the third quarter to take the game away in favour of Roundglass, after captain Jarman Singh and Mandeep Singh had scored the first two goals. Amandeep converted a penalty corner in the 59th minute to help Roundglass affix the final seal of dominance.
Adrohit Ekka and Bilkan Oram scored for the Odisha team to keep it in contention through the first half.
Gursewak had performed hat-tricks in the 8-6 victory in the semifinals against National Centre of Excellence, Sonipat, and the team’s 3-0 victory in the quarterfinals against Namdhari XI. He was declared the ‘Player of the tournament’. Om Rajneesh Saini won the “best midfielder” award.
-Kamesh Srinivasan