Calcutta, Jan. 3 :
Calcutta, Jan. 3:
Arup Mullick's giant-killing spree was stopped by second-seed Anshuman Dutta of Assam. Mullick lost 3-6, 2-6 to Dutta in the boys' under-16 quarter finals of the West Coast Paper-sponsored AITA junior meet at the South Club today.
QUARTER FINAL RESULTS: Boys' (U-16): Rupesh Roy bt Devesh Shukla 6-0, 6-3; Vivek Shokeen bt Sabyasachi Bose 6-1, 6-2; Jitin Bishnoi bt Gursher Singh Harika 6-0, 6-2; Anshuman Dutta bt Arup Mullick 6-3, 6-2.
Girls' (U-16): Shivika Burman bt Neha Rana 6-3, 6-3; Tanya Ahuja bt Sanjukta Barooah 7-6 (6-4), 6-4; Karina Ahuja bt Anukriti Prasad bt 6-4, 7-5; Asha Nanda Kumar bt Shilpa Dalmia 6-4, 6-0.
Boys' (U-18): Manoj Sewa bt J. Jayanth 6-1, 6-1; G. Arjun bt Arka Mondal 6-2, 6-2; Rupesh Roy bt Anshuman Dutta 6-3, 6-1.
Girls' (U-18): Ragini Vimal bt Shilpa Dalmia 6-0, 6-0; Reenu Jayakumar bt Varsha Datta 6-3, 6-3; Neha Rana bt Tanya Ahuja 6-1, 7-5.
Harinder still ahead
Harinder Gupta increased his lead and was ten strokes ahead of Ranjit Singh in group A after the third round of the Mayor all-India junior/sub-junior golf meet at the RCGC today. Despite having the day's best round, Jaskirat Dullet had to be content with third position.
In group C, city boy Nikhil Sanwal maintained his lead but the gap was closed by Madhav Soi who was only three strokes behind.