Patna: Antariksh Tamuly (Assam) beat Jayanth Tammnineedi (Andhra Pradesh) 6-0,6-0 to enter the semifinals of boys U-18 singles of All India Ranking Tennis Championships Series Tournament for U-18 boys and girls at Caper Tennis Academy courts here on Wednesday.
In another quarterfinal match, Harsh Agassi (Bihar) beat S. Ritik Roshan (Tamil Nadu) 6-2, 7-6(5) to book his place for the seminfinals.
Today, most of the matches were completely one-sided, barring a couple of matches. Antariksh Tamuly of Assam completely destroyed Jayanth Tammnineedi of Andhra Pradesh 6-0,6-0. Jayanth, who has been training under the world famous coach Nick Bolletieri at the IMG Academy in Florida (America) had no answer to the powerful strokes and services of Antariksh. Antariksh did not allow him to do anything and finished the match in 35 minutes to send Jayanth Tammnineedi back home.
In another match, second seed Ujjwal Kumar of Uttar Pradesh was demolished by Kartikay Agassi of Bihar in less than an hour. Ujjawal looked helpless and clueless on court with Kartikay.
In the girls U-18 singles, Prashansa Shrivastava (Bihar) beat Anaya Abhay (Bihar) 6-0,6-0 and Hanshika Singh (Bihar) beat Aastha Narayan (Bihar) 6-0,6-1tp reach semifinals.
Results: Boys singles quarterfinals: Antariksh Tamuly (Assam) beat Jayanth Tammnineedi (Andhra Pradesh) 6-0,6-0; Harsh Agassi (Bihar) beat S. Ritik Roshan (Tamil Nadu) 6-2, 7-6(5); Kartikey Agassi (Bihar) beat Ujjawal Verma (Uttar Pradesh) 6-2, 6-2; Satyam Prakash (Bihar) beat Aritro Ghosh (West Bengal) 6-2, 6-3.
Boys doubles quarterfinals: Abhishek Singh (Bihar) & Dhruv Raj (Bihar) beat Suyash Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) & S. Ritik Roshan (Tamil Nadu) 6-4,7-5
Achintya Verma (Maharastra) & Sarvesh Jhawar (Maharastra) beat Amber Chahal (Uttar Pradesh) & Shushant Neel Singh (Bihar) 6-0, 6-1
Girls singles quarterfinals: Prashansa Shrivastava (Bihar) beat Anaya Abhay (Bihar) 6-0,6-0; Hanshika Singh (Bihar) beat Aastha Narayan (Bihar) 6-0,6-1; Paree Singh ( Bihar) beat Swarnima Dubey ( Maharashtra) 6-1, 6-1.
