Indian Oil ITF Junior Tennis

Filip to clash with Hakim in final; Kaushik bows out:

Guwahati, Nov 29: India’s last hope in the boys’ singles in the Indian Oil ITF Junior World Ranking Tennis Championship Kaushik Das bowed out of the tournament after losing the semi-final tie against Lewicki Filip of Poland at the Chachal Tennis Complex on Thursday.

Filip will now meet Adil Hakim of Australia in the title clash scheduled for Friday. In the girls’ title clash, Angelika Aliev of Israel will meet Alieva Sevil of Azerbaijan.

Kaushik was in tremendous form throughout the tournament and played some superb tennis on his way to the semi-finals. He was brilliant today too, but a few errors in the crunch situation lost him the match. Filip won the match 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to enter the final.

Kaushik, who paired with Monal Chillar, also lost the doubles semi-final match against S Piotr and M Adam 6-4, 7-6.

On the other hand in the second semi-final, Alieva Sevil of Azerbaijan didn’t have to fight hard to beat Sklyr Gleb of Israel and won the match in straight sets 7-6, 6-2.

In the girls’ semi-final, Angelika Aliev had to struggle hard to beat her opponent Teltumbde Rashmi but Alieva Sevil didn’t waste much time in earning her place in the final as she won her semi-final tie in straight sets.

Results: Boys singles (semi-final): Lewicki Filip (Poland) beat Kaushik Das (India) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Adil Hakim (Australia) beat Sklyr Gleb (Israel) 7-6, 6-2.

Girls’ semi-final: Angelika Aliev (Israel) beat Teltumbde Rashmi 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Alieva Sevil (Azerbaijan) beat Tarimela Nilaya 6-1, 6-2.

Boys doubles semi-final: Navin Sai and Shahbaaz Khan (India) beat Amir Dor (Israel) and Gamazov Genia (Australia) 7-5, 6-1; S Piotr and M Adam (Poland) beat Monal Chillar and Kaushik Das (India) 6-4, 7-6.

Girls doubles semi-final: S Valentina ( Kazaksthan) and Sevil Aleiva (Azerbaijan) beat Olga Blank and Morag Ofir (Israel) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3; Angelika Aliev and Margarita Skripnik (Israel) beat Aishwarya Agrawal and Rashmi Teltumbde (India) 2-6, 6-0,6-4.

Source: The Sentinel

Indian Oil ITF Junior Tennis

Kaushik’s dream run continues:

Guwahati, Nov 28: Asom lad Kaushik Das continued his dream run in the Indian Oil ITF World Junior Ranking Tennis Championship springing another upset here today.

On this occasion, Kaushik beat Amir Dor of Israel and earned a semi-final berth.
In the boys’ quarter-final, Kaushik appeared to be in very good touch to beat Dor in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.

With Kaushik’s victory, Indian hope continues to be alive in the boys’ section as all the other players from the host country have already bowed out of the tournament.

However, in the girls’ section, two Indian players -- Nilaya Tarimal and Rashmi Teltumbde -- earned semi-final berths in the Championship. Nilaya defeated Treta Bhattacharya 7-6, 3-6, 6-2 while Rashmi fought hard to beat Valentina Starkova 6-7, 7-6, 6-4.
Today’s results: Boys’ singles (quarter-final): Filip Lewicki (Poland) beat Gema Gamazov (Israel) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; Kaushik Das beat Amir Dor (Israel) 6-3,6-4; Gleb Sklyr (Israel) beat Jugal Marfatia (India) 6-4,6-3 and Adil Hakeem (Australia) beat Amir Zari (Israel) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.
Girls’ singles (quarter-final): Angelika Aliev (Israel) beat Ofir Morag (Israel) 6-2, 6-1; Sevil Alieva (Aze) beat Olga Blank (Israel) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Nilaya Tarimal (India) beat Treta Bhattacharya (India) 7-6, 3-6, 6-2 and Rashmi Teltumbde (India) beat Valentina Starkova 6-7, 7-6, 6-4.

Source: The Sentinel

Indian Oil ITF Junior Tennis

Rupam upsets 4th seed Manshing:

Guwahati, Nov 26: Unseeded state boy Rupam Gogoi caused a major upset on the opening day of the Indian Oil ITF Junior (U-18) Tennis Championship here today.

The sturdy Rupam earned a facile victory over fourth seed fellow country man Manshing Athare 6-2, 6-3. Another Assam player Kaushik Das defeated his state mate Manab Kumar Chakma 6-1, 6-1 in a one sided first round affair.

Rupam today made a brilliant start and dominated the proceeding with powerful services and volleys. Although Mansingh later blamed the umpire for his defeat, Rupam outran his superior opponent throughout the course.

Manab also took no time to ground out the victory as the experienced player did not have any difficulty in pushing young Manab to the base line.

Another local boy Pranai Das was defeated by second seed Adil Hakeem of Australia 6-0, 6-0.

In girls’ section, Dhritidhara Kaushik was downed by R Bhavani 6-0, 6-1 while Ridhima Barooah surrendered to Sayali Bhilare 6-1, 6-0.

Top seed in boys section, Vikram Reddy struggled to beat Genia Gamazov 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.

Top seed in girls’ category, Aliev Angelika of Israel will open her campaign tomorrow against Sweta Rana who defeated Tanvi Gupta 6-0, 6-2.

Other results: (Boys) Shantanu Rajput bt Vinaya Sharma 6-0, 7-6; Mansur Mukhtasarov (Russsia) bt Sagar Manjunath 6-0, 6-0; Filip Lewicki (Poland) bt Priyang Gangadharan 6-3, 7-5; Palash Tiwari bt Manthan Trivedi 6-1, 6-1; Prasenjit Paul bt Rohit Ch 6-4, 6-2; Amir Dor (Israel) bt Adam 3-6, 6-1, 6-3; Jugal Marfatia bt Dhruv Gurwara 6-1, 6-2; Mandeep Singh bt Venkatesh 6-1, 7-6; Gleb Sklyr (Israel) bt Prithiv 6-0, 6-1; Amir Zari (Israel) bt Monal Chillar 3-6, 6-1, 6-0; Piotre Stefaniak (Poland) bt Shikar Kapoor 6-2, 6-4; Shahbaaz Khan bt Naveen Sai 6-2, 6-3.

Girls: Sweta Rana bt Tanvi Gupta 6-0, 6-2; Ofir Morag (Israel) bt Aishwarya Agarwal 6-1, 6-3; Velentina Starkov (Kazakistan) bt Harshini Reddy 6-3, 6-1; Rachita Sarda bt Spurthi Mallampati 6-1, 6-3; Rashmi Teltumbde bt MS Shivani 6-1, 6-1; Alieva Sevil (Azerbaijan) bt Bhavan Suresh 6-1, 6-3; Kesika Jayapalan bt Megha Rao 6-1, 6-1; Olga Blank (Israel) bt Susita Das 6-2, 6-0; Nilaya Tarimela bt Lakitha Devraj 7-6, 7-5; Treta Bhattacharya bt Nattalia Khaniejo 6-3, 6-2

Source: The Assam Tribune