Digvijay in finals of Super Series

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Posted online: Friday , February 01, 2008 at 03:07:06
Updated: Friday , February 01, 2008 at 03:24:10

Kolkata, January 31 Top seed in both the boys singles event, Himachal Pradesh’s Digvijay Singh Mehta, reached the semi-finals of both the events, besides reaching the finals of the boys doubles Under-16 at the Sunfeast Junior Tennis Super Series 2008 at the Calcutta South Club today.

Digvijay defeated eighth seed Abhishek Alla of Andhra Pradesh 6-0, 6-0 in the Under-14 quarters and the defeated seventh seed Sirasala Surya of AP 6-3, 6-0 in the Under-16 quarters. In the doubles Under-16 semi-finals, partnering Tamil Nadu’s R Ramkumar, he defeated third seeded Assam pair of Suraj Konwar and Rupam Gogoi 4-2, 4-0.

In the girls section, Maharashtra’s Prarthana Thombare also reached the semi-finals of the singles Under-14 and singles Under-16 and finals of the doubles Under-16.

SV Abhishek of Andhra also reached the semi-finals of the boys singles Under-16 and finals of boys doubles Under-16.

Ankita Raina of Gujarat reached the semi-finals of the girls singles Under-16 and finals of the girls doubles Under-16.

Today’s results:
Boys’ Singles Under 14 Quarter Finals: Digvijay Singh Mehta (1)(HP)(2) beat Abhishek Alla (8)(AP)(12) 6-0,6-0; R. Ramkumar (4)(TN)(5) beat Vishal Passi (7)(Mah)(8) 6-2,6-1; Vinod Gowda (5)(Kar)(6) beat Arjun Kadhe (3)(Mah)(4) 7-5,1-6,6-4; Manab Kumar Chakma (6)(Asm)(7) beat Aniruddha Darp (Mah)(14) 6-3,6-2.
Boys’ Singles Under 16 Pre Quarter Finals: Arjun Kadhe (4)(Mah)(23) beat Gary Singh Amor (Chd)(58) 4-6,6-1,6-4; Srikar Alla (AP)(54) beat R. Ramkumar (8)(TN)(32) 6-0,6-3; S.V. Abhishek (2)(AP)(14) beat Manab Kumar Chakma (Asm)(49) 6-0,6-1.
Boys’ Singles Under 16 Quarter Finals: Digvijay Singh Mehta (1)(HP)(11) beat Sirasala Surya (7)(AP)(31) 6-3,6-0; Srikar Alla (AP)(54) beat Arjun Kadhe (4)(Mah)(23) 6-0,6-3; Haadin Bava (WC)(Mah) beat Rupam Gogoi (6)(Asm)(28) 6-0,7-6(7-2); S.V. Abhishek (2)(AP)(14) beat Vinod Gowda (5)(Kar)(27) 6-3,6-2.
Girls’ Singles Under 14 Semi Finals: Prarthana Thombare (1)(Mah)(2) beat J. Doondi Priya (AP)(57) 3-6,6-2,6-4; Vaidehi Bhagwat (2)(Mah)(3) beat Manya Nagpal (5)(Dli)(11) 7-5,6-4.
Girls’ Singles Under 16 Pre Quarter Finals: Tarrannum Handa (Dli)(67) beat Seeulee K. Upadhyaya (8)(Ori)(36) 6-3,7-6(7-4); Prarthana Thombare (4)(Mah)(24) beat Tejaswani Surya (AP)(54) 6-0,6-0; Teertha Iska (6)(AP)(30) beat Venella Devineni (AP)(142) 6-4,6-3; Saranya Shivani Varma (AP)(76) beat Swetha Sree Hari (TN)(95) 6-4,6-4; Carol Augustine (3)(Dli)(21) beat P. Sri Vaishnavi (AP)(315) 6-2,6-3; Amrita Mukherjee (WB)(40) beat Manya Nagpal (7)(Dli)(34) 6-4,7-6(7-3).
Girls’ Singles Under 16 Quarter Finals: Ankita Raina (1)(Guj)(11) beat Tarrannum Handa (Dli)(67) 6-4,6-1; Prarthana Thombare (4)(Mah)(24) beat Teertha Iska (6)(AP)(30) 5-7,6-2,6-4; Carol Augustine (3)(Dli)(21) beat Saranya Shivani Varma (AP)(76) 6-0,6-1; Vaniya Dangwal (2)(Dli)(15) beat Amrita Mukherjee (WB)(40) 6-4,6-2.
Boys’ Doubles Under 14 Quarter Finals: Vishal Passi (Mah) & Vinod Gowda (Kar)(1) beat Fazal Dev (UP) & Anvit Ketan Bendre (Guj) 4-0,4-0; Sidhant Deka (Asm) & Madhurjya Dutta (Asm)(4) beat Shreedhar Gaggar (WB) & Shukrit Guha (WB) 4-0,4-1; Yash Deshpande (Mah) & Aniruddha Darp (Mah)(3) beat Tarun Nath (AP) & Rajanvir Singh Dharani (Mah) 4-2,4-1; Abhishek Alla (AP) & Y. Sriman (AP)(2) beat Harsh Gurnani (WB) & Josh Prakash Majumdar (WB) 4-2,4-1.
Boys’ Doubles Under 14 Semi Finals: Vishal Passi (Mah) & Vinod Gowda (Kar)(1) beat Sidhant Deka (Asm) & Madhurjya Dutta (Asm)(4) 4-2,4-1; Abhishek Alla (AP) & Y. Sriman (AP)(2) beat Yash Deshpande (Mah) & Aniruddha Darp (Mah)(3) 0-4,4-0,(10-6).
Boys’ Doubles Under 16 Pre Quarter Finals: S. Karan (Kar) & Tarun Chopra (Dli) beat Aditya Vishwakarma (UP) & Rohit Rampuria (WB) 4-1,4-1; Md. Sarfaraz (WB) & Sanjib Regius Kerketta (WB) beat Sirasala Surya (AP) & Sourabh Raghuvanshi (MP) 4-2,5-4(7-5) .
Boys’ Doubles Under 16 Quarter Finals: S.V. Abhishek (AP) & Arjun Padhe (Mah)(1) beat Haadin Bava (Mah) & Akshat Vijay (WB) 4-1,4-2; Manab Kumar Chakma (Asm) & Gary Singh Amor (Chd) beat Srikar Alla (AP) & Pavan Surya (AP) 4-2,2-4,(10-5); Suraj Konwar (Asm) & Rupam Gogoi (Asm)(3) beat S. Karan (Kar) & Tarun Chopra (Dli) 1-4,4-1,(10-8); Digvijay Singh Mehta (HP) & R. Ramkumar (TN)(2) beat Md. Sarfaraz (WB) & Sanjib Regius Kerketta (WB) 4-0,4-0.
Boys’ Doubles Under 16 Semi Finals: S.V. Abhishek (AP) & Arjun Padhe (Mah)(1) beat Manab Kumar Chakma (Asm) & Gary Singh Amor (Chd) 4-0,3-5,(10-5); Digvijay Singh Mehta (HP) & R. Ramkumar (TN)(2) beat Suraj Konwar (Asm) & Rupam Gogoi (Asm)(3) 4-2,4-0.

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