Four seeds tumble out of Talent Series

Kolkata, March 25 Four seeds bit the dust today at the infocus Technologies – AITA TALENT SERIES TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP 2008 being played on the grass courts of the High Court Club. The Tournament is sponsored by infocus Technologies and organized by Joy Mukherjee. The co-sponsors are Max New York Life. In the Boys’ Singles Under 12 local boy Aayush Poddar defeated fourth seeded Purushottam Dash of Orissa 7-5. In the Boys’ Singles Under 16 sixth seeded Muqtadir Ahmad was shown the door by Assam’s Nabarun Gogoi 2-8. In another upset fourth seed Subhoraj Ghosh was ousted by qualifier Shukrit Guha 4-8. Lucy loser Shuvam Roy made the most of the opportunity and brushed aside the challenge of eighth seed Harsh Gurnani by beating him 8-3.

Results:

Boys’ Singles Under 12 Main Draw First Round : Ranjan Kumar Thakur (Jha) beat Madhav Dugar (WB) 7-1.

Boys’ Singles Under 12 Pre Quarter Finals : Arjun Patnaik (1)(AP)(24) beat Akshat Agarwal (WB) 7-3; Md. Kamran Ali (8)(WB)(80) beat Sagar Jain (Q)(WB) 7-1; Aayush Poddar (WB)(232) beat Purushottam Dash (4)(44) 7-5; Md. Shaharayar Salim (7)(Jha)(62) beat Asim Akhtar (LL)(WB) 7-4; Nikunj Poddar (5)(49) beat Debjit Charaborty (Q)(WB) 7-4; Sanil Jagtiani (Q)(WB) beat Ranjan Kumar Thakur (Jha) 7-2.

Girls’ Singles Under 12 First Round : Priyam Periwal (WB) beat Sayoni Saha 7-1; Marium Javed (WB) w/o Salini Farma (Great Britain); Kaizeen Confectioner (WB) beat Aastha Seth (WB) 7-4; Adrija Biswas (WB) beat Ishita Tibrewal (WB) 7-1.

Boys’ Singles Under 16 Main Draw First Round : Suryasish Goswami (LL)(WB) beat Ranjan Kumar Thakur (Jha) 8-2.

Boys’ Singles Under 16 Pre Quarter Finals : Sanjib Regius Kerketta (Q)(1)(WB)(61) Nishant Anthony Rebello (AP) 8-3; Nabarun Gogoi (LL)(Asm) beat Muqtadir Ahmad (6)(286) 8-2; Shurit Guha (Q)(WB) beat Subhoraj Ghosh (4)(WB)(232) 8-4; Sattwik Sinha Ray (WC)(3)(WB)(324) beat Saharsh Agarwal (WC)(WB) 8-4; Shuvam Roy (LL)(WB) beat Harsh Gurnani (WC)(8)(336) 8-3.