A ‘stunning’ 220-minute U-16 girls’ tennis clash!

Hyderabad: In a match that befits a Grand Slam clash, two gritty Under-16 girls-one from Karnataka and another from Maharashtra-fought a marathon battle that lasted 220 minutes in the second round of the ongoing Vems Technologies AITA Super Series U-14 & U-16 Tennis Tournament-2018, being conducted by Lake View Tennis Academy in their Aziz Nagar courts here on Tuesday.

Rendering poetic justice was that unseeded Karnataka girl Reshma Maruri showed that extra bit of determination while sending the seeding committee into a tizzy by scalping her third seeded opponent Paavani Paathak after staging a magnificent rally from a first set loss for a 5-7, 7-6(3), 7-6(3) verdict.

Results: Second round-Boys singles Under-14: Aayush P Bhat(1 KA)bt Suhrudh Kiliveti (AP)6-0,6-1 Ronin Rohit Lotlikar 6 KA)bt SahilS Tambat MH)6-0,6-0; Ananth Mani Muni(7 AP)bt Manoj Manas Dhamne MH)6-1, 6-3; Samarbir Singh Sidhu PB)bt Mohith Sai Charan Reddy Pasam (AP)6-1, 6-0; Monil Lotlikar(8 KA]bt Nithilan Eric(KA) walkover; Vineeth Mutyala (TS)bt Dhananjay Athreya TN) 6-2, 7-5; Deep Munim (3 MP)bt Amer Shaikh(MH)6-1, 6-0; Arunava Majumder(5 WB)bt Devharshith Neelam(TS)6-1,6-4; Girls singles U-14: Pavitra Parikh (GJ) bt Aarni Reddy Yellu (TS) 6-0, 6-2; Kundana Sri Bandaraju (TN) bt Kumkum Neela (TS) 6-1, 6-1; Tishya Khandelwal (KA) bt Abhaya Vemuri (TS) 7-5, 6-3; Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (3 MH) bt Tanisha Desai (KA) 6-3, 6-3; Radhika Rajesh Mahajan (5 MH) bt Khushi Sahil Sharma (MH) 6-4, 6-3;  Renee Singh (1 RJ) bt Amishi Shukla (MP) 6-4, 6-0; Yana Dhamija (2 HR) bt Mekhala Manna (WB) 6-3, 6-0; Harsshali N Mandavkar (MH) bt Shrichandrakala Tentu (7 TN) 6-2, 2-6, 6-0; Boys singles U-16: Heerak S Vora (1 GJ) bt Rupesh Kumar V S (KA) 6-4, 6-0; Hitesh Yalamanchili (TS) bt Jai Arjun Gollapudi (TS) 6-3, 6-4; Faiz Nasyam (3 MH) bt Sahil S Tambat (MH) 6-0, 6-4; Hitaesh P (TN) bt Siva Koushik Billu (TS) 6-3, 6-1; Farhaan Patrawala (GJ) bt Gurustat Singh Makkar (PB) 7-5, 6-0; Samarbir Singh Sidhu (PB) bt Yashraj Dalvi (6 MH) 7-5, 6-3; Aayush Bhat (KA) bt Manas Manoj Dhamne (MH) 6-2, 6-1; Ronin Lotlikar (3 MH) bt Ananth Mani Muni (5 AP] 6-4, 4-6, 7-5; Girls singles U-16: Sanjana Sirimalla (TS) bt Ria Washimkar (MH) 6-1, 6-0; Adithi Are (5 TS) bt Harshitha Bangera (MH) 6-2, 6-0; Reshma Maruri (KA) bt Paavani Paathak (3 MH) 5-7, 7-6(3), 7-6(3) Match Duration - 3 Hours 40 Minutes; Veda Prapurna (TS) bt Kumkum Neela (TS) 7-5, 6-2; Radhika Rajesh Mahajan (MH) bt Abhaya Vemuri (TS) 6-3, 6-0 ; Sai Rajesh Bhoyar (MH) bt Pavithra Reddy Narem (AP) 3-6, 6-2, 6-1.