WALCHAND CUP - DAY 3

WALCHANDNAGAR CUP NATIONAL SERIES JUNIOR TENNIS TOURNAMENT (U/16) 2008

Bisht, Kadhe survive match point scare to move in last eight at Walchand Cup Junior National ranking tennis.

Pune, Nov 5: Second seeded Ronit Bisht of Delhi and eighth seeded Arjun Kadhe of Maharashtra survived match point scares against local boys Sumit Shinde and Om Dalvi to move into the quarterfinals in the boys singles event of the Walchand Cup under 16 National Series Tennis Tournament' sponsored by Walchandnagar Industries as a part of their centenary celebrations and organized by Deccan Gymkhana and played on their tennis courts here.
In a minor upset Maharashtra's Rutuja Bhonsale upset 14th seed Vaibhavi Trivedi of Gujarat 6-3, 6-1to move into the third round of the girls singles event.

In closely fought encounters second seeded Ronit Bisht managed to stave off two match points in the second and third set to scrape past Sumit Shinde 2-6, 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-2) in a thriller, while eighth seeded Arjun Kadhe held his nerves to save 3 match points in the second set to stave off local challenger Om Dalvi 3-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-1.

In the only upset of the day in the boys event Maharashtra's Saurabh Patil upset sixth seed Suraj Kunwar of Gujarat , as Kunwar conceded his match trailing 7-5, 4- 1

Following are the results
Boys Singles : Pre Quarter Finals:
Arjun Kadhe (Mah) (S8) bt Om Dalvi (Mah) 3-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-1;
R. Ramkumar (TN) (S5) bt Vietla Sawan (AP) 6-1, 6-1;
Vinod Gowda (Kar) (S7) bt Adwait Sadwilkar(Mah) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2;
Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) (S 1) bt Tushal Thawani( Mah) 6-1, 6-0;
Vishwesh Sinha (Mah) (S4) bt S. Karan (Kar) 7-5, 6-2;
Rohit Bisht (Dli) (S3) bt Rakshay Thakkar (Mah) 6-3, 6-3;
Saurabh Patil (Mah) bt Suraj Kunwar(Guj) (S6) 7-5, 4-1Conceded;
Ronit Bisht (Dli) (S2) bt Sumeet Shinde (Mah) 2-6, 7-6(7-5), 7-6(7-2).

Girls Singles: Second Round

Ankita Raina (Guj) (S1) bt Avanee Gosavi (Mah) 6-1, 6-2;
Madhuri Pathare ((Mah) (S15) bt Laveena Chawla (Mah) 6-2, 6-2;
Sabatini Ankaraju (AP) (S12) bt Shruti Bhandurge (Mah) 6-1, 6-1;
B. Nithyaraj (TN)( S8) bt Devki Pande (TN) 6-0, 6-2;
Teertha Iska (AP)( S3) bt S.Lavanya (TN) 6-0, 6-2;
Rutuja Bhonsale (Mah) bt Vaibhavi Trivedi (Guj)(S14) 6-3, 6-1;
Namita Bal (Mah) (S11) bt Devanshi Bhimjiyani (Mah) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2;
Eetee Mehta (Guj)(S5) bt Tanaya Gosavi (Mah) 6-2, 6-3;
Amruta Mukherjee (WB) (S6) bt Sana Soni (Mah) 6-2, 6-0;
Sanjana Kumar (TN)( S10) bt Preethi Ujjaini (Kar) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2;
Vignyatha Reddy (AP) bt Simran Nanwani (Mah) 6-3, 7-5;
Vaidehi Bhagwat (Mah)( S4) bt Krutika Jain (Mah) 6-0, 6-0;
K.Bhuvna (AP)( S7) bt Gauri Baindoor (Mah) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3;
Akshara Iska (AP) (S13) bt Ojaswini Singh (MP)6-0, 6-0;
Prathana Thombre (Mah) (S2) bt Apoorva Barate (Mah) 6-2, 6-0;
Sanskriti Jangle (Mah) bt Sharanya Sivani (AP) 7-5, 7-6(7-5).

Boys Doubles Semifinals:
Ronit /Rohit Bisht (Dli) bt Vishwesh Sinha / Tushal Thawani 6-1, 6-3
Vietla Sawan/ Shahbaaz Khan bt R. Ramkumar / Arjun Kadhe 6-4,6-2



Girls Doubles (Quarterfinals)
Ankita Raina/ Vaidehi Bhagwat bt Shruti Bhandurge / K. Anjana 6-3, 6-0
Namita Bal/ Pratharna Thombre bt Nupur Shinde / Devanshi Bhimjiyani 6-0, 6-1
Sana Sohoni / Tanaya Gosavi( Mah) bt Eetee Mehta / Vaibhavi Trivedi
(Guj) 7-5, 1-6 , 11-9
Amruta Mukherjee /Rutuja Bhosale bt S.Ojaswani/ Sivani Verma 6-1,6-0