AITA TENNIS

Guwahati, May 30: Qualifier Aarja Chakrabarty of Uttar Pradesh upset fifth seed Marisha Dutta of Assam 6-4, 6-3 in a girls’ under-16 first round match in the AITA championship series national ranking tennis tournament that got under way at the Chachal tennis complex here today.

In another upset, this time in the under-12 boys’ category, unseeded Anesh Sonowal of Assam got the better of state mate and eighth seed Karan B. Das 5-3, 1-4 and 4-2.

In the girls’ under-12 pre-quarters, the hosts cut a sorry figure. Snehal U. Mane (Maharashtra) blanked out Harshita Nahata (Assam) 4-0, 4-0; Aarja Chakrabarty (UP) outplayed Shreya Dutta (Assam) 4-1, 4-0; Anushka Burman (Bengal) defeated Natasha Baruah (Assam) 4-1, 4-0; Mihika Yadav (Maharashtra) routed Naziya Ahmed (Assam) 4-0, 4-0; Adrija Biswas (Bengal) humbled Maitry Talukdar (Assam) 4-0, 4-0 and Sabhyata Nihalini (Delhi) blanked Rudraxee Bharali (Assam) 4-0, 4-0.

In the boys’ under-12 first round, Md Fardeen (Bengal) outclassed Pratheek Hazarika (Assam) 4-1, 4-1; Partha P. Bora (Assam) defeated statemate Udit Anand Das 4-0, 4-0; Arith Bhuyan (Assam) defeated statemate Prathik J. Phookan 4-0, 4-1; Ayanav Doloi (Assam) defeated Sadhinoor Jyoti (Assam) 3-5, 4-1, 4-0; Anshuman Phookan (Assam) defeated Bivan Victor Das (Assam) 2-4, 4-2, 5-3; Tathagat T. Gogoi (Assam) blanked out Neerav Jain (Assam) 4-0, 4-0; Jubaraj Baruah (Assam) beat Zaki Alam(Assam) 4-0, 4-0. In two other matches, Snehal Nayan (Assam) defeated Abhijoy Hazarika (Assam) 1-4, 4-2, 5-3 while Jugal Baruah (Assam) outplayed Debasish Medhi (Assam) 4-1, 5-3.

Boys’ Under-16 first round: Kepeville Khate (Nagaland) defeated Akshay Jajodia (Assam) 6-4, 6-0; Partha Konwar (Assam) defeated Bishal Baruah (Assam) 6-3, 6-3.

Girls’ Under-16 first round: Tanisha Baruah (Assam) defeated Anisha Sharma (Assam) 6-0, 6-2; Sabhyata Nihalini (Delhi) defeated Shreya Dutta (Assam) 6-0, 6-0