Pune: Seventh seeded Aryaan Bhatia upset top seed Aditya Balsekar 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 to enter the boys singles semi-finals at the Ravine Hotel Super Series Under-16 Tennis Tournament at Ravine Hotel in Panchgani on Wednesday.
Third seeded Sarvesh Birmane, scored a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 win over Karim Khan while second seeded Niranjan Nikhil Thiru defeated Arjun Gohad 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3) in a close contest to make it to the last four.
In the girls quarterfinals, first seed Sanya Sinha defeated sixth seed Ria Washimkar 6-1, 7-5 while Shrichandra Tentu got past Mrunal Kurlekar with the score of 6-2, 6-1. Meanwhile second seed Gargi Pawar defeated Kamayara Parab 6-4, 6-0.
Results:
Boys: Singles: Quarterfinals: 7-Aryaan Bhatia bt 1-Aditya Balsekar 6-1, 3-6, 6-4; 3-Sarvesh Birmane bt Karim Khan 6-4, 1-6, 6-4; 4-Sanskaar Choubey bt 5-Arjun Kundu 6-3, 6-2; 2-Niranjan Nikhil Thiru bt Arjun Gohad 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3).
Doubles: Round 2: 1-Sarvesh Birmane and Niranjan Nikhil bt Sanmay Gandhi and Maanav Jain 6-1, 6-1; Sandesh Kurale and Eric Nithilan bt Dev Patel and Soham Jane 7-5, 6-1; 4-Hitesh P. and Arya Raj bt Aryan Qureshi and Pratham Bhujbal 7-6( 7-5), 6-2; Arjun Kundu and Sanskar Choubey bt Aman Phogaat and Leston Vaz 6-0, 6-2; Arjun Gohad and Yashraj Dalvi bt Atharva Amrule and Prasad Ingale 6-2, 6-4.
Girls: Quarterfinals: 1-Sanya Sinha bt 6-Ria Washimkar 6-1, 7-5; Shrichandra Tentu bt Mrunal Kurlekar 6-2, 6-1; 3- Hrudaya Shah bt Vaishnavi Adkar 6-2, 7-6(5); 2-Gargi Pawar bt Kamayara Parab 6-4, 6-0.
