TENNIS
ITF junior tennis: Wild card Aditya outs NZ’s Atkinson in boys’ first round
Wild card Aditya Mor overcame a sluggish spell to oust the third seed Cody Atkinson of New Zealand 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 in the boys’ first round of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Monday.
A trainee of coach Aditya Sachdeva at the Roundglass Academy in Chandigarh, Aditya played the steady game for the most part before accelerating to a smart finish.
In the girls’ section, wild card Aakruti Sonkusare played a dogged long match to tame the fourth seed Yasaman Yazdani of Iran 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Aakruti will play Yuzuha Negishi of Japan in the pre-quarterfinals.
Mahika Khanna gave a good account of her game before bowing out 5-7, 5-7 to the second seed Sara Oliveriusova of the Czech Republic.
Results (first round)
Under-18 boys: Luke Koh (Sgp) bt Prateek Sheoran 7-5, 6-4; Roshan Santhosh (USA) bt Pratyaksh 5-7, 6-2, 6-4; Vraj Gohil bt Taisei Hata (Jpn) 6-4, 6-1; Kandhavel Mahalingam bt Fedor Altukhov 6-2, 6-2; Aarjun Pandit bt Snir Morag (Isr) 6-3, 6-3; Kanata Ozaki (Jpn) bt Sehaj Singh Pawar 6-4, 6-1; Kunanan Pantaratorn (Tha) bt Akshat Dhull 6-2, 6-1; Aditya Mor bt Cody Atkinson (Nzl) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Vihaan Reddy (USA) bt Shubham Sehrawat 6-0, 6-0.
Under-18 girls: Cocomi Saito (Jpn) bt Navy Dabas 6-0, 6-0; Diya Chaudhary bt Rio Wakayama (Jpn) 6-3, 7-5; Raja Sarvagnya Kilaru bt Pehal Kharadkar 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Eva Kaliadina bt Snigdha Patibandla 6-1, 6-1; Harithashree Venkatesh bt Apara Khandare 6-3, 6-3; Yuzuha Negishi (Jpn) bt Snigdha Kanta 6-2, 6-1; Aakruti Sonkusare bt Yasaman Yazdani (Iri) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Azuma Ichioka (Jpn) bt Diya Ramesh 4-6, 6-0, 6-3; Aishwarya Jadhav bt Yashika Shokeen 6-0, 6-3; Harshini Nagaraj bt Malika Amirgalieva (Kaz) 6-2, 6-3; Sara Oliveriusova (Cze) bt Mahika Khanna 7-5, 7-5.
-Team Sportstar
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