Date:28/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/28/stories/2008082861212400.htm

Sport - Tennis

Sikar upsets Chandril Sood

Sports Reporter

— Photo: R. Ragu

FOCUSSED: Tanvi R. Shah is all concentration in her pre-quarterfinal match against V. Archana.

Chennai: Second seed Chandril Sood of Uttar Pradesh was upset by Sikar Alla of Andhra Pradesh in a tough three-set boys’ under-18 pre-quarterfinal encounter, at the adidas-MCC junior National tennis championships at MCC on Wednesday.

The fourteenth-seeded Sikar made the breakthrough in the first set, before Chandril came back to push the match to the decider.

Sikar won the third quickly for a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 passage to the quarterfinals.

Third seed Tanvi R. Shah of Maharashtra survived periods of self-destruction in the second set, to defeat Andhra Pradesh’s V. Archana 6-3, 6-3 in the girls’ under-18 pre-quarterfinals.

Controlled and sensible shot-making in the first set saw Tanvi set herself up for what should have been a comfortable win, before Archana’s passing shots came together.

Tanvi exploited Archana’s difficulties in closing out points, but the Andhra Pradesh girl improved as the match progressed.

Other results:

Boys’ under-18: Pre-quarterfinals: Ronak Manuja (Del) bt A.S. Ashwin Nambi (TN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2; Rishab Dev R. Raman (TN) bt Samip Mehta (Guj) 6-4, 6-1; Christopher Marcus (Mah) bt Saurabh Singh (Del) 6-2, 6-2; Kaza Vinayak Sharma (AP) bt Yashwant Nadella (AP) 7-6(5), 6-3; Vinay Kamineni (AP) bt Monal Chillar (Har) 6-1, 6-1; Abhijit Tiwari (Chg) bt Shabaaz Khan (Mah) 6-4, 6-1; Nihal Kapoor (TN) bt Gugan Verma (TN) 6-4, 6-0.

Second round: Saurabh Singh bt Haddin Baba (Mah) 6-3, 6-4; Yashwant Nadella bt Parul Varma (Chd) 6-7(1), 6-0, 7-5; Kaza Vinayak Sharma bt Pradeep Reddy (AP) 6-3, 6-0; Vinay Kamineni bt Bibaswan Deb (WB) 6-3, 6-1; Monal Chillar bt M.A. Naveen (TN) 6-4, 6-2; Shahbaaz Khan bt R. Ramkumar (TN) 6-3, 6-2; Abhijit Tiwari bt Advait Sadwilkar (Mah) 6-0, 6-0; Nihal Kapoor bt Elwin Antony (TN) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(8); Gugan Verma bt Viswajit Tirumurty (TN) 6-4, 7-6(3); Srikar Alla (AP) bt Irfan Hussain (TN) 7-5, 6-3; Chandril Sood bt Vinod Gowda (Kar) 6-1, 6-2.

Boys’ under-14: Pre-quarterfinals: Ronit Bisht (Del) bt R. Sai Avinash (TN) 6-3 6-0; Haadin Baba (Mah) Bt Abishek Alla (AP) 6-3, 6-3; S.M. Abdulla (AP) bt T.G. Subhash Kaushik (TN) 6-3, 6-4; Ajay Yadav (Har) bt Nichay Rawal (Chd) 6-1, 6-1; Vilasher Khate (Har) bt Yash Deshpande (Mah) 6-4, 6-2; Neeraj Elangovan (TN) bt B. Sai Reddy (AP) 6-2, 7-5; Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt Basil Khuma (Del) 6-1, 6-2; Ramkumar Ramanathan (TN) bt Dev Priya Jaiswal (Bih) 6-4, 6-1.

Second round: Ronit Bisht bt Sabareesh Hariharan (TN) 6-4, 6-3; R. Sai Avinash bt A. Kashyap (Kar) 6-3, 6-2; Haadin Baba bt Tushar Mandalekar (Chd) 6-0, 6-1; Abishek Alla bt Yshriman (AP) 7-5, 6-2; T.G. Subash Kaushik bt S. Supreet (AP) 6-3, 6-3; S.M. Abdulla bt Sushanta Mohanty (Har) 1-6, 7-6(4), 6-3; Nischay Raval bt Ansukumar Bhuyan (Ori) 6-4, 6-4; Ajay Yadav bt Fateh Deep Singh (Pun) 6-2, 6-2; Yash Deshpande bt Vignesh Prabhu (TN) 6-1, 6-3; Vilasher Khate bt Abimanyu Singh (Del) 7-5, 6-1; Neeraj Elangovan bt Arjun Khate (Mah) 6-2, 7-5; B. Sai Reddy bt Madhuriya Dutta (Asm) 6-3, 6-1; Vinod Gowda bt Mohamad Azar (WB) 6-0, 6-0; Basil Khuma bt S. Siddhar Reddy (TN) 6-2, 6-3; Dev Priya Jaiswal bt Md. H.M. Yunus (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Ramkumar Ramanathan bt Jude Raymond (AP) 6-2, 6-1.

Girls: Under-18: Pre-quarterfinals: Tanvi R. Shah (Mah) bt V. Archana (AP) 6-3, 6-3; Rashmi Teltumbde (Mah) bt Garima Vatwani (Dli) 6-1, 6-2; Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Soniya Dayal (Mah) 6-2, 7/6 (2); Aishwarya Srivatsava (Mah) bt Sharmada Balu (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; Swetha Solanki (Dli) bt Sharan S. Paul (TN) 6-2, 6-0; Rishika Sankura (Dli) bt Nimisha Mohan (Kar) 6-2, 6-4; Kyra Shroff (Mah) bt Nova Patel (Guj) 6-0, 6-2.

Second round: Garima Vatwani (Del) bt Teertha Iska (AP) 6-4, 6-4; Ankita Raina (AP) bt Shivani Singh (AP) 6-2, 6-3; Soniya Dayal (Mah) bt Preethi Srinivasan (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Tanvi Shah (Mah) bt Shahid Ansari (TN) 6-1, 7-5; V.Archana (AP) bt Amritha Mukherjee (WB) 6-2, 6-0; Sharmada Balu (Kar) bt Janani Suresh (TN) 6-3, 6-2; Aishwarya Srinvatsava (Mah) bt A.K. Padmapriya (Kar) 6-0, 6-3; Aishwarya Agarwal (AP) bt C. Rajeswari (TN) 6-3, 6-3; Gopika Kapoor (Del) bt Nehal Sahni (Del) 6-2, 6-2; Sharan.S.Paul (TN) bt Bahvna Suresh (AP) 6-2, 6-4; Swetha Solanki (Del) bt B. Sowjanya (AP) 6-1, 6-2; Rishika Sankura (Del) bt Arushi Sharma (Del) 6-3, 6-0; Nimisha Mohan (Kar) bt Dipti Srivatsava (WB) 6-0, 6-2; Nova Patel (Guj) bt Sushita Das (Ori) 6-2, 6-1; Kyra Shroff (Mah) bt Nupur.A.Kaul (Mah) 6-1, 6-2.