Ayushmaan Arjeria of Madhya Pradesh and Naisha Srivastav of Karnataka continued with their impressive winning streak by comfortably cruising to victories in their respective boys’ and girls’ singles pre-quarter-final matches of the CCI 13th Ramesh Desai Memorial All India Nationals Under-16 Tennis Tournament 2019, organized by the Cricket Club of India and played at the CCI tennis courts on Wednesday.
Naisha Srivastav of Karnataka continued with her impressive form and tamed Uttar Pradesh’s Tanushri Pandey cruising to a fluent 6-4, 6-0 win in girls’ singles pre-quarter-final match of the CCI 13th Ramesh Desai Memorial All India Nationals Under-16 Tennis Tournament 2019.
The MP lad Ayushmaan, who had taken down the top seed Udit Gogoi of Assam in the first round, came up with another strong performance to knockout Maharashtra’s 14th seed Yashraj Dalvi by recording a straight sets 6-3, 6-1 victory to seal his spot in the quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, Naisha seems to be gaining in confidence after her stunning straight sets second round defeat of Rajasthan’s second seed Renee Singh, as she powered her way past Uttar Pradesh’s Tanushri Pandey posting a fluent 6-4, 6-0 win without much ado and book her place in the last round.
In the quarter-finals, Naisha will clash with Maharashtra’s Bhumika Tripathi who overcame Delhi’s Jannat Anand in two sets at 6-2, 6-3.
Meanwhile, the top seed Sanjana Sirimalla of Telangana stormed into the quarter-finals with a quick win over Tamil Nadu’s S.R. Ananya (TN) by a 6-1, 6-3 scoreline.
Results – Girls’ singles (pre-quarters): 1-Sirimalla Sanjana (TS) beat S.R. Ananya (TN) 6-1, 6-3; Divya Bhardwaj (GJ) beat Karthika Vijay (TN) 6-0, 6-3; Reshma Maruri (KA) beat Anjali Rathi (HR) 6-2, 6-3; Pari Singh (HR) beat Saniya Masand (KA) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1; Renne Singla (HR) beat Lakshmi Arunkumar (TN) 6-0, 7-5; Vidhi Jani (GJ) beat Abhaya Vemuri (TS) 6-3, 6-2; Bhumika Tripathi (MH) beat Jannat Anand (DL) 6-2, 6-3; Naisha Srivastav (KA) beat Tanushri Pandey (UP) 6-4, 6-0;
Boys’ singles (pre-quarters): Ayushmaan Arjeria (MP) beat Yashraj Dalvi (MH) 6-3, 6-1; Karan Singh (HR) beat Bushan Haobam (MN) 6-3, 6-1; Dhruv Tangri (PB) beat Arjun Gohad (MH) 6-2, 6-3; Saheb Sodhi (MH) beat Deep Munim (MP) 6-3, 6-2; Krishna Hooda (HR) beat Aman Dahiya (HR) 6-0, 6-4; 3-Denim Yadav (MP) beat Ajay Singh (HR) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1; Anargha Ganguly (MH) beat Daksh Agarwal (MH) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; 2-Chirag Duhan (HR) beat Nithilan Eric (KA) beat 6-1, 6-0.
Girls doubles (second round): Rutuja Chaphalkar(MH)/Hrudaya Shah (MH) beat Saniya Masand (KA)/Pari Singh (HR) 6-2, 6-2; Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (MH)/Ishita Jadhav (MH) beat Sanjana Sirimalla (TS)/Kundana Bandaru (TN) 6-3, 6-2; Renne Singla (HR)/Vaishnavi Adkar (MH) beat Kanupriya Rajawat (RJ)/Anoushka Sharma (RJ) 6-1, 3-6, 10-7; Laxmi Arunkumar (TN)/Karthika Vijay (TN) beat Sanvi Ahluwalia (DL/Renee Singh (RJ) 6-4, 6-4.
Boys doubles Second round: Nikhil Niranjan(KA)/Denim Yadav (MP) beat Faiz Mohd Nasyam (MH)/Maanav Jain (KA) 7-6(5), 6-1; Deep Munim (MP)/Arjun Gohad (MH) beat Kartik Saxena (DL)/Rishi Jalota (CH) 3-6, 6-0, 10-6; Sam Chawla (HR)/Akash Deb (AS) beat Arjun Kundu (GJ)/Heerak Vora (GJ) 3-6, 6-0, 10-6; Ajay Singh (HR)/Krishan Hooda (HR) beat Ronin Lotlikar (KA)/Monil Lotlikar (KA) 6-3, 6-1.