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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

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Vinayak Sharma stuns Parul Verma

Special Correspondent

MUMBAI: Unseeded Vinayak Sharma was in his element against boys' U-16 top seed Parul Verma, winning 7-6(5), 7-6(2) in a second round tie of the Xtra Premium National Series Tennis Championship.

The results: Boys U-14 (second round): Ryoto Tachi (Mah) bt Rishabh Parikh (Guj) 6-3, 7-6 (4); Kunal Anand (Del) bt Hardarshan Singh (Raj) 6-2, 7-6(5); Hans Parthasarthi (Ori) bt Vishal Passi (Mah) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1; Shahbaz Khan (Mah) bt Parth Shah (Mah) 6-1, 6-0; Mohit Mayur (TN) bt Anirudh Darp 6-1, 6-0; Rakshay Thakkar (Mah) bt Maninder Singh (Har) 6-2, 6-3; Siddharth Rawat (U.P.) bt Shikhar Kapur (Del) 6-1, 6-3; S. Siddharth (TN) bt Suraj Kanwar (Guj) 6-1, 6-4; Nishant Dikkala bt Rohit Bisht (Del) 6-1, 6-7(2), 7-5; Tushal Thawani (Mah) bt Rohan Gaonkar (Kar) 7-5, 6-2; Vishwesh Sinha (Mah) bt Kaushik Reddy (AP) 6-2, 6-2; S.V. Abhishek (AP) bt Ronit Bisht (Del) 6-1, 6-3; Chetan Pandit (AP) bt Shiv Nikam (Mah) 6-0, 6-1; Vaidik Munshaw (Guj) bt Gautam Thakre (Mah) 6-1, 6-0; R. Ramkumar (TN) bt Vinod Gowda (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Paladugu Saiteja (AP) bt Goghari Aashman (Mah) 6-2, 6-1.

Girls U-14 (first round): Dhriti Manek (Mah) bt Tanaya Gosavi (Mah) 6-2, 6-2; Jenai Billimoria (Mah) bt Vanessa Palha (Goa) 6-3, 6-2; Shruti Archita (Mah) bt Nandini Singh (Raj) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; Bhavana Suresh (AP) bt Pallavi Krishnaraj (AP) 6-2, 6-4; Baljinder Kaur (Har) bt Riddhi Hegde (Mah) 6-2, 6-2; Madhuri Patere (Mah) bt Saadgi Rajani (Guj) 6-0, 6-1; Natasha Palha (Goa) bt Vaidehi Bhagvat (Mah) 6-3, 6-2; Sindhu Lele (Mah) bt Supriya Sai (AP) 7-5, 3-0 (conceded); R. Bhavani (TN) bt Prarthana Thombre (Mah) 6-3, 7-6(5); Namita Bal (Mah) bt Avanee Gosavi (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; C.H. Niddhi (AP) bt Samruddhi Choutani 6-3, 6-2.

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