Guwahati, May 28: Unseeded Assam boy Aman B. Das and Vitsizolie Nagie of Nagaland caused upsets on the first day of the AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament that got under way in the Chachal tennis complex here today.
Das shocked fifth seed Abhilash C. Sahoo 6-2, 6-2 while Nagie got the better of sixth seed Ankeet Kashyap 6-4, 6-1 in two under-16 boys’ first round matches today.
Top seed Bijoy Kumar Mohanty of Assam blanked fellow Assam boy Kaustav Saikia 6-0, 6-0 in the first round encounter.
The under-12 boys’ courts also witnessed upsets in the first round. Unseeded Anurag Bora shocked sixth seed Raunak Patra 4-0, 4-1, unseeded Debashish Medhi defeated seventh seed Tanay Bagree 4-1, 4-2 and unseeded Jeet Das Gupta got the better of eighth seed Kemp O’ Brien 4-0, 4-1.
Other results:
Boys’ under-12 1st rd: Anurag Buragohain bt Srinivasan Kanan 4-0, 4-0, Bibhan V Das bt Biruchan C Phukan 4-0, 4-0, Ronit Bora bt Prateek Joy Phukan 4-0, 4-0, Snehal Nayan bt Prateek Hazarika 4-0, 4-0, Sauren Khanna bt Kritanta Sharma 4-0, 4-0, Sadhinoor Jyoti bt Rajshri Khawas 4-1, 4-0, Khan Bahadur Molia bt Abhijoy Hazarika 4-0, 4-0, Wangal Lama bt Sidarth Langthasa 4-1, 4-2, Anshuman Phukan bt Saurabh Khare 4-1, 5-3, Tathagat T. Gogoi bt Karan B. Das 4-2, 4-2, Arith Bhuyan bt Swapnil Deka 5-4 (4), 4-0.
Girls’ u-16 1st round: Adrija Biswas bt Deepshikha 6-0, 6-1, Nazia Ahmed bt Saba Farhin Ahmed 6-0, 6-1, Gloria Daimary bt Raima Kalita 6-1, 6-1, Ramya N bt Nithi Baruah 6-0, 6-0, Saranya Khanna bt Aikai Talom 6-0, 6-0, Jahnavi Shivran bt Linien Jamir 7-6 (6), 6-0, Jayati Sharma bt Nairuti Vyaas 6-4, 6-1, Protiksha Sharma bt Raina Zaffar 6-2, 6-1, Murchana Saharia bt Snehankita Borah 6-2, 6-0, Chitrani Hazarika bt Punyatoya Mahapatro 7-6 (5), 6-0, Ridrakshee Bharali bt Anisha Sharma 6-1, 6-4, Natasha Baruah bt Janashree Saikia 6-4, 4-2.
Boys’ u-16 1st round: Tathagat T. Gogoi bt Jeet Das Gupta 6-1, 6-1, Sumeet M. Sonvanse bt Partha Konwar 6-2, 6-4, Abhinandan Das bt Saurabh Kr Sahoo 6-1, 6-2, Rahul Mohanty bt Bibhan V Das 6-1, 6-2, Uddish Borpujari bt Mahesh Mahapatro 6-7(4), 6-3, 6-4, Mingki Talom bt Rohan Gogoi 6-0, 6-1, Subham Patro bt Tejeshwar Jolly 6-1, 6-2, Arith Bhuyan bt Chengish R. Ahmed 1-6, 6-1, 3-0.
