asian junior tennis championship at new delhi

Asian Closed Junior Tennis Championships

Thursday, May 27, 2010
Top Indian seed Sai Kartik Nakireddi (No. 4) entered the quarter-final of the boys’ singles with a victory in straight sets over Chi-Shan Jao of Chinese Taipei on day four of the Asian Closed Junior Tennis Championship at RK Khanna Tennis Complex on Thursday.
Ronit Singh Bisht, seeded fifth in the event, also moved into the top eight with hard-fought victory over compatriot Shahbaaz Khan. Sixth seed Vaidik Munshaw, Rakshay Thakkar (No. 9) and Mansingh Athare also won their pre-quarterfinal clashes to stay in contention of the boys’ singles title.

Earlier, seventh seed Rishika Sunkara kept India’s challenge alive by entering the girls’ singles quarter-final. Sunkara prevailed over her Chinese opponent, 11th seed Zhaoxuan Yang with a 6-2, 7-5 victory.

Other Indian hopefuls in the girls’ singles, Ankita Raina (No. 14), Sharon Sanchana Paul (15), 10th seed Kyra Shroff, Adnya Naik and Natasha Palha all fell short of a quarter-final berth. The top five seeded girls have all secured their place in the last eight of the competition, which is a test event for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Following are the completed results of the boys’ singles and girls’ singles matches till 9.00 pm.
Boys Singles
1. Mansingh Athare (IND) beat Xin Gao( CHN) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4
2. Ronit Singh Bisht(IND) [5] beat Shahbaaz Khan (IND) 6-7 (4), 6-0, 6-2
3. Warit Sornbutnark (THA) beat Sumeet Shinde (IND) [11] 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
4. Vaidik Munshaw (IND) [6] beat Saurabh Singh (IND) [12] 6-3 , 6-2
5. Rakshay Thakkar (IND) [9] beat Kaichi Uchida (JPN) [7] 7-5, 3-6, 6-4
6. Sai Kartik Nakireddi (IND) [4] beat Chi-Shan Jao (TPE) 7-6 (4) , 6-1
7. Chuhan Wang (CHN) [1] beat Rishabdev Raman (IND) [14] 6-3,7-5
8. Bowen Ouyang (CHN) [2] beat Sidharth Rawat (IND) 6-1 , 6-1
Girls Singles
Ran Tian (CHN) [2] beat Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND) [15] 6-2, 6-0
Eri Hozumi (JPN) [1] beat Adnya Naik (IND) 6-2, 6-1
Zi Yang (CHN) [4] beat Ankita Raina (IND) [14] 6-3, 6-1
Sabina Sharipova (UZB) [8] beat Natasha Palha (IND) 7-5, 6-3
Rishika Sunkara (IND) [7] beat Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) [11] 6-2, 7-5
Lin Zhu (CHN) [5] beat Kyra Shroff (IND) [10] 6-4, 6-4
Miyu Kato (JPN) [3] beat Li-Yun ‘Stefanie’ Tan (SIN) [13] 6-4, 6-4
Miho Kowase (JPN) [9] beat Napatsakorn Sankaew (THA) [6] 7-5, 2-6, 6-1