Date:14/01/2009 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2009/01/14/stories/2009011457112000.htm

Sport - Tennis

Ashwin beats Vaishnav, enters third round

VIJAYAWADA: Top seed Ashwin Srivastava defeated B. Vaishnav 9-1 to enter the third round of the under-14 boys’ event of the AITA Talent Series tennis tournament at the NTR Stadium at Guntur on Tuesday.

The results (second round): Boys: Under-14: Ashwin Srivastava bt B. Vaishnav 9-1; T. Sandeep bt Krishna Narayana 9-0; Harshit Jain bt Sandeep Kumar Reddy 9-3; Abhinav bt D.V.S. Pranay 9-8 (7-1); Sajid-ul-Rehman bt Babji Siva 9-7; Rishab Kumar bt Sravan Varun 9-5; Nazeem Dawala bt Krishna Masthan 9-2.

Under-12: M. Krishna Chaitanya bt V. Siddhartha Reddy 9-4; V. Keerthi Chandra bt D. Ramachandra Reddy 9-7; P. Ramanathan bt M. Jyothi 9-4; T. Sandeep bt P. Krishna Narayana 9-2; B. Vaishnav bt Deepak Saroj 9-4; T. Mohan Sai bt M. Vivek 9-3; S. Vinay bt Pushpaketh 9-5; Tahakapadia bt S. Kalyan 9-4.

Girls: Under-14: Ruth Selina bt Srivani Rao 9-3; S. Keerthi bt S. Nidhi 9-1; Bindiya bt Shefali 9-3; Mula Sivani bt R. Niharika 9-1; Harisha Reddy bt N. Nitya 9-4; Indraja Reddy bt Seetha Kumari 9-3.

Under-12: Mula Sivani bt Surya Narayani 9-5; R. Niharika bt K. Aparna 9-2; S. Keerthi bt T. Sushmitha 9-0; S. Nidhi bt B.Y. Sakshi 9-4; Shefali bt Swetha Kumari 9-7; Bindiya bt Jagathi 9-4; N. Nitya bt Sai Haneesha 9-2; Y. Pranjala bt K. Anusha 9-1. — Principal Correspondent