Bangalore: Wild card Adil Kalyanpur of Karnataka pulled off the first upset of the tournament, beating seventh seed Mayukh Rawat 6-2, 6-1 to enter the last 16 of the R.T. Narayan Memorial Cup AITA National Series Under-16 junior tennis tournament.
At the KSLTA courts here on Tuesday, Kalyanpur playing an attacking game, never allowed his rival to settle down and coasted to a facile victory. Top seed B.R. Nikshep of Karnataka also made it to the pre quarterfinals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over the big serving B. Anirudh.
Sanil Jagitiani of West Bengal defeated the local lad Rahul Shankar 6-3, 6-1.
In the girls section at the Mahila Seva Samaj courts, top seed Snehal Mane of Maharashtra dispatched Shivani Manjanna of Karnataka 6-3, 6-3 to enter the last 16 round.
Results (second round): Boys: Siddarth P. bt Siddarth Gowda 3-6, 5-1, 6-4; B.R. Nikshep bt B.Anirudh 6-2, 6-3; Adil Kalyanpur bt Mayukh Rawat 6-2, 6-1; Uttkarsh B. bt Chaitanya 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Yash Yadav bt S.Manish 6-2, 6-3; Vignesh S. bt R.S. Mohit 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Ishaq Eqbal bt Guhan Rajan 6-3, 6-1; Dhruv Sunish bt Abhinav S. 6-3, 4-6, 6-1; Parikshith Somani bt Adhithya Muthu Selvan 6-4, 6-2; Rian D.P. bt Hari Singh 6-1, 6-0 ; Siddarth B. bt Vikram Dhananjay 6-3, 6-3; Rishi Reddy bt Manaz 7-6 ( 1 ), 6-1; P.C.Anirudh bt Rohan Reddy 7-6 (1), 6-0 ; M.Taqqudin bt R.Srivatsa 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Sumitpal Singh bt Sai Pranav 6-2, 6-0; Sanil Jagitani bt Rahul Shankar 6-3, 6-1.
Girls: Snehal Mane bt Shivani National Series. --R. Samuel Manjanna 6-3, 6-3; Lathika Prem Kumar bt Muskaan Ranjan 6-2, 6-7 ( 4 ), 6-2 ; S.Soha bt Priyanka M. 6-0, 6-1; C.S.Praneetha bt Pareen S. 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Vaidehi C. bt Shaikh Tahoora 6-0, 6-0 ; Sai Avanthika bt Yubrani Banerjee 6-2, 5-7, 6-1; Rutvi Shah bt Sonahe Bhatnagar 6-4, 5-7, 6-3; Shivani Awarup bt Mahak Jain 1-6, 6-3, 6-1; Rashmika Rajan bt Nikita Pinto 6-2, 6-2; Harsha Sai Chala bt Megha Muthukumar 3-6, 6 1, 6-2; Sai Dedeepya bt Sabhyata M. 6-4, 6-2; Rishika Ravi bt Jhanavi Reddy 6-3, 6-2 ; R. Abinkka bt Rachana R. 6-0, 6-2.
At Blu O here on Tuesday, Shabbir finished the day with total pinfall of 1347 at an impressive average of 224.50. His tally was at the end of 1st block of six games in round 1, played on Long Oil condition.
Shabbir started with 202 in the first game and followed it up with high scores of 275, 246, 225 in Games 2, 3 and 4 respectively. He scored a poor 146 in Game 5 but recovered well to end the day with another high score of 253 in Game 6. Defending champion Dhruv Sarda of Delhi was placed second with a total pinfall of 1231 and average of 205.17.
Local hope Huned Khokhar was one spot behind with a total pinfall of 1185 and average of 197.5. Trying to catch up with the leaders was another home boy and National elite squad bowler Aakash Ashok Kumar of Karnataka, who was positioned fourth with a total pinfall of 1180 and average of 196.67.
Leading scores (average): Shabir Dhankot (TN) 224.5; Dhruv Sarda (Del) 205.17; Huned Khokhar (Kar) 197.5; Akaash Ashok Kumar (Kar) 196.67; Ganesh NT (TN)187.50; NP Singh (Del) 182.50; Imran Salim Khan (Mah)182; Parvez Ahmed (Kar) 181.67; Varun N. Ganapathy (Kar) 181.50.
TGL FINALE IN CITY FROM TODAY
?The Team Golf League finale will descend on the city on Thursday after meandering through different parts of the country . The final will be played over two days with the 12 finalists battling it out at the Karnataka Golf Association.
The competition, which is in its fourth year, has been tough and exciting with the teams clinching victory by a margin of a solitary point in most cases.
Defending champion, The Bandits from Hyderabad and runners-up, the Avengers from Kolkata have not had it easy, fighting it out to clinch a spot in the last twelve.
The 12 finalists include SHM (Bengaluru), Bangalore Eagles (Bengaluru), Ahmedabad Tigers (Ahmedabad), The Bandits (Hyderabad), Champion Hookers (Chandigarh), Ravi's Ruffians (Gurgaon), Seasoned Pros (Noida), Tiger Tamerz (Chennai), Bull and Bears (Coimbatore), Back 9 Bandits (Mumbai), Pune Titans (Pune) and Avengers (Kolkata).
The team captains, or the 'War Lords' will have to choose the best eight from their team for the stroke-play round which will be played on Wednesday. The top-eight teams from the stroke play round will then slug it out in the match-play round on Thursday for the crown.
Karnataka lads stare at defeat
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Karnataka lads were staring down the barrel on the third day of the four-day U-19 Cooch Behar Trophy against Rajasthan at the M.
Chinnaswamy stadium on Tuesday. Resuming at 95 for four, the hosts were skittled for 149 with Nathu Singh (4 34) and Chundawat CK (3 34) doing the damage.
In arrears by 351, Karnataka, asked to follow-on, slipped to 155 for 6 in their second essay with opener Abhishek P (50) once again putting up a resistance as left-arm spin ner Shubham Sharma bagged 4-38. Karnataka now trail by 196 runs with only four wickets in hand.
Brief scores: Rajasthan: 500 vs Karnataka (o/n 95/4): 149 all out in 56.1 overs (Abhishek P 34; Nathu Singh 4-34, Chundawat CK 3-34) & 155 for 6 in 64 overs (Abhishek P 50, Rishab GM 29; Shubham Sharma 4-38).
