Arjun in last four of AITA Talent Series tennis event
Tuesday - August 10, 2021 6:39 pm ,
Category : SPORTS
Bengaluru, Aug 10 (IANS) Karnataka's Arjun Manikandan quelled the challenge of statemate Aarush Malannavar to advance to the semifinals of boys' category in the KSLTA AITA Talent Series-3 U-12 tennis tournament being played at the KSLTA Tennis courts here on Tuesday.The quarterfinal match assumed importance as Arjun took on Aarush, who had shocked the top seed Ruhan Komandur in a last-16 encounter earlier in the morning. Aarush did not show the same form and went down to Arjun tamely 2-8.Meanwhile in the girls' category, Reet Jhawar upset second seed Theertha AN 8-3 in the pre-quarterfinal match but later went down to sixth seed Sanmitha Harini of Tamil Nadu 2-8 in the last eight stage. Results:
(Prefix denotes seeding, all players from Karnataka unless stated}: Boys U-12 (QF): Aarush Malannavar lost to Arjun Manikandan 2-8; 4-Mahesha Billapuria lost to 6-Rithik Rajesh Kannan (TN) 5-8; 7-Keerthan Vishwas bt 3-Anirudh Palanisamy 8-4; 5-Mohammad Arhaan lost to 2-Yashas Raj M 1-8.
Pre-Quarterfinals: 1-Ruhan Komandur lost to Aarush Malannavar 5-8; Pradeep Holla lost to Arjun Manikandan 2-8; 4-Mahesha Billapuria bt Kishore Sriram (TN) 8-2; 6-Rithik Rajesh Kannan (TN) bt Sanjay Girish Kumar 8-2; 7-Keerthan Vishwas bt Pratyush Vishwanathan 8-2; 3-Anirudh Palanisamy bt Adarsh Dileepkumar 8-2; 5-Mohammad Arhaan bt Kaman Moorthy 8-4; 2-Yashas Raj M bt Ronnie Vijay Kumar (TN) 8-3.Girls U-12 (QF): 1-Aahida Singh bt Manvita Rajendra 8-4; 3-Ritisha Choudhary bt 5-Anwesha Dhar 8-3; 7-Vasundra Balajee (TN) bt Disha Kumar 8-6; 6-Sanmitha Harini (TN) bt Reet Jhawar 8-2.
Pre-quarterfinals: 1-Aahida Singh bt Deshna Bhattacharya 8-0; Indusha Nimakayala lost to Manvita Rajendra 5-8; 3-Ritisha Choudhary bt Elin Harshini 8-4; 5-Anwesha Dhar bt Pooja Nagaraj 8-4; 7-Vasundra Balaji (TN) bt Iha Rastogi 8-2; Disha Kumar bt 4-Sri Aksha Penumesta 8-4; 6-Sanmitha Harini (TN) bt Krushika Goutham 8-1; Reet Jhawar bt 2-Theertha AN 8-3.
--IANSbsk
(Prefix denotes seeding, all players from Karnataka unless stated}: Boys U-12 (QF): Aarush Malannavar lost to Arjun Manikandan 2-8; 4-Mahesha Billapuria lost to 6-Rithik Rajesh Kannan (TN) 5-8; 7-Keerthan Vishwas bt 3-Anirudh Palanisamy 8-4; 5-Mohammad Arhaan lost to 2-Yashas Raj M 1-8.
Pre-Quarterfinals: 1-Ruhan Komandur lost to Aarush Malannavar 5-8; Pradeep Holla lost to Arjun Manikandan 2-8; 4-Mahesha Billapuria bt Kishore Sriram (TN) 8-2; 6-Rithik Rajesh Kannan (TN) bt Sanjay Girish Kumar 8-2; 7-Keerthan Vishwas bt Pratyush Vishwanathan 8-2; 3-Anirudh Palanisamy bt Adarsh Dileepkumar 8-2; 5-Mohammad Arhaan bt Kaman Moorthy 8-4; 2-Yashas Raj M bt Ronnie Vijay Kumar (TN) 8-3.Girls U-12 (QF): 1-Aahida Singh bt Manvita Rajendra 8-4; 3-Ritisha Choudhary bt 5-Anwesha Dhar 8-3; 7-Vasundra Balajee (TN) bt Disha Kumar 8-6; 6-Sanmitha Harini (TN) bt Reet Jhawar 8-2.
Pre-quarterfinals: 1-Aahida Singh bt Deshna Bhattacharya 8-0; Indusha Nimakayala lost to Manvita Rajendra 5-8; 3-Ritisha Choudhary bt Elin Harshini 8-4; 5-Anwesha Dhar bt Pooja Nagaraj 8-4; 7-Vasundra Balaji (TN) bt Iha Rastogi 8-2; Disha Kumar bt 4-Sri Aksha Penumesta 8-4; 6-Sanmitha Harini (TN) bt Krushika Goutham 8-1; Reet Jhawar bt 2-Theertha AN 8-3.
--IANSbsk
