Tennis: Shivika Burman ousts Amala Amol
Kolkata, Feb 13 : : Local heartthrob Shivika Burman continued her dream run in the ongoing National Grass Court Tennis Championship when she beat Amala Amol Warrick of Karnataka in style by 6-1,7-5 in womens' singles at South Club here on Wednesday.
In another match giant killer Fariz Mohammed made easy work of Kunal Anand beating him by 6-2, 7-6(4) in the men's singles.
In the best match of the day, local boy Rupesh Roy took his sweet revenge against Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash when he beat him 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 in the last tournament. Rupesh lost to Mohit by an identical score line. The match lasted 2 hrs 31 minutes.
In another grueling match Ronak Manuja of Maharashtra beat Ajai Selvaraj of TN by 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4 .
The results:
Mens singles:
Fariz Mohammed (TN) beat Kunal Anand(DL) 6-2, 7-6(4),
Ronak Manuja (MAH) beat Ajai Selvaraj(TN) 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-4,
Elwin Antony (TN) beat Manoj Sewa (WB)(WC) 7-6(2), 6-1,
Abhijeet Tiwari (CHG) beat Sagar Manjanna (KAR) 1-6, 6-3, 7-6(3),
Rupesh Roy (WB)(WC) beat Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (TN) 3-6, 7-6(4), 6-4,
Ramkumar Ramanathan (TN) beat Yash Deshpandey(MAH) (Q) beat 6-3, 6-1,
Nitten Kirrtane (MAH) (2) beat Vinod Sewa (WB) (Q) 6-1, 6-1,
Womens singles:
Ankita Raina (GUJ)(1) beat Nitya Raj Baburaj (TN) 6-1, 6-1
Bhuvana Kalva (AP) beat Vaniya Dangwal(DLI) 6-1, 6-1
Rushmi Chakravorthi (TN) beat Arantxa Andrady (DLI) 6-1, 6-1
Shivika Burman (WB)(WC) beat Amala Amol Warrick (KAR) 6-1, 7-5
Nidhi Chilumula(AP) beat Namita Bal(MAH) 6-2, 6-2
Mahitha Reddy(AP) beat Renu Sharma (NTA) 6-2, 6-4
Natasha Palha (GOA) beat Victoria Chehal(NTA) 6-0, 6-0
Mens doubles:
Elwin Antony/Mohammed Fariz(TN) beat Shahbaz Khan(MAH)/Abhijeet Tiwari (CHG) 6-4, 6-4
Chandril SOOD/ Lakshit Sood(UP)(1) beat Rithvik Anand(MAH)/ Yash Deshpandey(MAH) 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-6
Kunal Anand (DLI)/ Ronak Manuja (MAH) beat Rajat Maheshwari(MAH) / Saurabh Patil (MAH) 6-3, 6-2
Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash/Ramkumar Ramanathan(TN) beat Sagar Ahuja/ Brahmjot Singh (DLI) 6-3, 6-3
Womens doubles
Natasha Palha (GOA) Treta Bhattacharya (WB) beat Smriti Joon (HAR)/Vaniya Dangwal(DLI) 6-4, 6-2
Manya Nagpal(UP)/Amrita Mukherjee(WB)(2) beat Amla Amol Warrick /Shruti Archita 4-6, 6-4, 10-5
Namita Bal (MAH) / Sai Chamarthi (TN) beat Sayali Bhilare/(MAH)
Shalaka Uddur Manjunath (KAR) 7-5, 6-2