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| A player in action in Guwahati on Sunday. Picture by UB Photos |
Guwahati, July 20: Assam boys Ronit Bora and Satyam Goswami booked under-16 boys’ singles main round berths in the OIL-AITA Super Series Tennis Championship to be held at the All-Assam Tennis Association complex here from tomorrow.
In the qualifiers played at the same venue since yesterday, Ronit today got the better of statemate Rituraj Gogoi 6-2, 6-4 while Satyam overcame Satyam Bora, also of Assam, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Others who qualified for the event include Tushar Sharma (Uttar Pradesh), Heman Nama (Karnataka), Abhishek Kakoti (Haryana), Tarun Karra (Andhra), Javia Dev (Gujarat) and Shashank Teertha (Andhra). In the boys’ under-14 singles, Assam boys Sadhinoor Jyoti, Snehal Nayan, Rajdeep Singh and Anurag Buragohain joined Rudra Kapoor (Delhi), V.M. Sandeep (Tamil Nadu), Arjun Shriram (Karnataka) and Sandesh Kantimahanti (Karnataka) as qualifiers for the main rounds. Similarly, in girls’ under-14 singles, five Assam girls — Eva Raj Shah, Debangana Barkataki, Jagriti Borah, Kristi Boro and Ishika Chakma — qualified for the main rounds. Anaam Almas (Odisha), Avyakta Thorat and Richa Chougule (both Maharashtra) are the other qualifiers. The main round draw matches will start at 8am tomorrow.
Results:
Girls’ under-14 singles qualifiers final round: Anaam Almas (Ods) bt Pari Singh (Mah) 6-2, 6-2, Eva Raj Shah (Asm) bt Omar Syeda (Asm) 6-0, 6-1, Avyakta Thorat (Mah) bt Baishali Borah (Asm) 6-1, 6-0, Richa Chougule (Mah) bt Gauri Gunjyal (Asm) 6-4, 6-1, Debangana Barkataki (Asm) bt Adhya Tiwari (MP) 6-2, 6-3, Jagriti Borah (Asm) bt Mahima Kumar (WB) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1, Ishika Chakma (Asm) bt Amrita Ohdedar (WB) 6-3, 6-0, Kristi Boro (Asm) bt Shivangi Ray Baruah (Asm) 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.
Boys’under-14 singles qualifiers final round: Rudra Kapoor (Del) bt Tathagat T Gogoi (Asm) 4-6, 4-3 (concede), V.M. Sandeep (TN) bt Ritik Rana (Del) 6-4, 6-4, Arjun Shriram (Kar) bt Ansuman Phukan (Asm) 6-4, 6-0, Sadhinoor Jyoti (Asm) bt Udit Gogoi (Asm) 6-0, 6-1, Snehal Nayan (Asm) bt Abhijoy Hazarika (Asm) 6-3, 6-4, Sandesh Kantimahanti (Kar) bt Kaushik J. Bora (Asm) 6-0, 6-3, Rajdeep Singh (Asm) bt Arnab Pratim Das (Asm) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4, Anurag Buragohain (Asm) bt Prateek J. Phukan (Asm) 6-1, 6-1.
Boys’ under-16 singles qualifiers final round: Tushar Sharma (UP) bt Syed Kaichar (Asm) 6-2, 6-2, Heman Nama (Kar) bt Shivam Goswami (Asm) 6-4, 6-1, Ronit Bora (Asm) bt Rituraj Gogoi (Asm) 6-2, 6-4, Abhishek Kakoti (Har) bt Arith Bhuyan (Asm) 6-2, 6-0, Tarun Karra (AP) bt Taraknath Singh (AP) 6-2, 6-1, Javia Dev (Guj) bt Gaurav Kurva (AP) 6-1, 6-3, Satyam Goswami (Asm) bt Satyam Bora (Asm) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, Shashank Teertha (AP) bt Harshit Selvaraj (Kar) 6-3, 6-1.
