New Delhi: Digvijay Pratap Singh played his heart out to make it to the under-14 boys’ quarter-finals at the expense of second seed Parikshit Somani in the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship on Wednesday.
Unseeded Digvijay fought hard in the three-setter clash that lasted over three hours and eventually shut the door on Parikshit 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-2.
The first set went with the serve and in the tie-breaker, Parikshit edged past Digvijay only to see the Chandigarh boy come back strongly in the next two sets.
In the boys under-16, top seed B.R. Nikshep also had to battle hard to make his way in the last eight stage. Nikshep was up against Delhi boy Kushaan Nath who did not give easy points to the top seed.
In fact, it was Kushaan who broke Nikshep early in the contest when the match was just three games old. But Nikshep did well not to let the match slip away from him and broke Kushan in the fourth and seventh game.
Nikshep’s experience proved crucial in the tie-breaker and the top seed managed to take a crucial lead heading into the second set.
Kushaan lost the plot in the second set and just couldn’t forge a comeback into the match with Nikshep running away with it after a 4-0 lead, he won the match with a 7-6 (5),6-2 score.
In the quarter-finals, Nikshep will meet Venkata Gnan Paramatmuni who knocked S. Sanjeev 6-3, 6-2, while second seed Alex Solanki also made it to the next round after his 6-4, 7-5 victory over Shrey Gupta.
Also making it to the quarter-finals were fourth seed Aryan Goveas, who notched up a 6-4, 6-2 win over Dhruv Pal, Udayan Bhakar who defeated Nitin Kumar Sinha 7-5, 6-2 and third seed Paramveer Singh Bajwa who accounted for Anurag Nenwani 6-3, 6-3. Parikshit Somani who is unseeded in the boys under 16 entered the quarter final by defeating Gokul Suresh 64,67(5),64.
In the boys under-14, top seed Sumit Pal Singh also marched into the last eight stage with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Saurav Kalkal, while third seed Nitin Kumar Sinha shut the door on Himanshu Mor 6-1, 6-2.
In the girls under-16, top seed Akshara Iska demolished Aarushi Kakkar 6-1, 6-3, while second seed Zeel Desai and third seed Vanshika Sawhney had an easy passage into the quarter-finals with a 6-0,6-2 won over Sathwika Sama and 6-1, 6-0 win over Priyana Kalita.
While in the girls under 14 the top seed Zeel Desai beat Sarah Dev 61,62 and entered into the Quarter Finals.
Results:
Boys 16 Singles: (3rd Round)
BR Nikshep Vs Kushaan Nath Winner BR Nikshep (Seed 1 )76(5),62
Paramveer Singh Bajwa Vs Anurag Nenwani Winner Paramveer Singh Bajwa (Seed 3) 63,63
Dhruv Pal Vs Aryan Goveas Winner Aryan Goveas (Seed 4) 64,62
Shrey Gupta Vs Alex Solanki Winner Alex Solanki (Seed 2) 64,75
Udayan Bhakar Vs Nitin Kumar Sinha Winner Udayan Bhakar,75,62
Vasisht Vinod Cheruku Winner Sanil Jagtiani Winner Sanil Jagtiani 67(4),64,63
Venkata Gnan Paramatmuni Vs Abhinav Sanjeev Winner Venkata Gnan Paramatmuni 63,62
Gokul Suresh Vs Parikshit Somani Winner Pariskshit Somani 64,67(5),64
Girls 16 Singles: (3rd Round)
Vanshika Sawhney Vs Priyana Kalita Winner Vanshika Sawhney (Seed 3) 61,60
Akshara Iska Vs Aarushi Kakkar Winner Akshara Iska (Seed 1) 61,63
Mihika Yadav Vs R Abinikka Winner R Abinikka 62,61
Isha Budwal Vs Snehal Mane (Seed 4) Winner Snehal Mane 62,64
Ramya Natrajan Vs Mansi Reddy Siddareddy Winner Ramya Natrajan, 63,62
Sabhyata Nihalini Vs Jennifer Luikham Winner Jennifer Luikham 62,61
Saathwika Sama vs Zeel Desai (Seed 2) Winner Zeel Desai 60,62
Rishika Ravi Vs Aniyaa Ganeshi Winner Rishika Ravi 46,63,63
Boys 14 Singles: (3rd Round)
Sumit Pal Singh Vs Saurav Kalkal Winner Sumit Pal Singh (Seed 1) 62,61
Danish Ahmad Vs Utkarsh Bhardwaj Winner Danish Ahmad 36,76(4),62
Nitin Kumar Sinha Vs Himanshu Mor Winner Nitin Kumar Sinha (Seed 3) 61,62
Shramay Dhawan Vs Dhruv Sunish Winner Shramay Dhawan 26,64,75
Siddhant Bathia Vs Sivadeep Kosaraju Winner Sivadeep Kosaraju 61,64
Arnav Bhardwaj Vs Yugal Bansal Winner Yugal Bansal (Seed 4) 64,62
Naithaolin Golmei Vs Arghya Das Winner Arghya Das 64,76(6)
Digvijay Pratap Singh Vs Parikshit Somani (Seed 2) Winner Digvijay Pratap Singh 67(3),62,62
Girls 14 Singles: (3rd Round)
Zeel Desai Vs Sarah Dev- Winner Zeel Desai (Seed 1) 61,62
Prinkle Singh Vs Jennifer Luikham - Winner Jennifer Luikham 64,64
Mihika Yadav Vs Tanvi Hatangadi Winner Mihika Yadav (Seed 3) 61,60
Mansi Reddy Siddareddy vs Sahyata Nihalini Winner Mansi Reddy Siddareddy 75,62
Ramya Natrajan Vs Pareen Shiveker- Winner Ramya Natrajan 61,63
Rutvi Shah Vs Snehal Mane- Winner Senhal Mane (Seed 2) 60,62
Aarja Chakraborty Vs Harsha Sai Challa Winner Aarja Chakraborty 62,62
Rishika Ravi Vs Sathwika Sama (Seed 4) Winner Rishika Ravi 26,64,62