Preliminaries in progress at ITF Junior Circuit

Richard Dwight

Following closely on the ITF Junior Circuit (Week One) tennis tournament that ended last Saturday at the SLTA courts, is the now ongoing circuit (Week Two) tennis tournament where the preliminary matches are being worked off.

Both tournaments come under the patronage of ITF and is being organized and conducted by the SLTA with assistance from ‘Wilson’ and ‘Ole’. It has become an annual exercise in giving the youngsters in Group Five, the much needed exposure to raise their level of competition.

Results: Preliminary Rounds

Girls Singles

N. Ruangsmrej (Thai) beat B. Kaur (IND) 6/0, 6/4. I. Gandhi (USA) beat S.G. Abhinaya (IND) 6/0, 7/6 (4). T. Kottuwattegedera (SUI) beat P. Kaur (IND) 2/6, 6/3, 6/2. A. Muttiah (SL) beat S. Shivalingajah (IND) 6/1, 7/5. P.J. Orteza (PHI) beat S.M. Kumar (IND) 6/4, 7/6 (3), Herath (SL) beat S.S. Haree (IND) 4/6, 7/5, 6/1. T. Chinsakchai (Thai) Nithya Rajababu Raj (IND) 6/4, 4/6, 6/1. T. Suetrong (Thai) beat A.A. Warrick (IND) 3/6, 6/2, 6/0, Handa (IND) bt M. Alla (USA) 6/1, 6/3, Ghosh (MRI) bt A. Razvi (IND) 6/1, 6/2. Thayakaran (SL) bt D.S.A. Agrawal (IND) 6/2, 6/1, Mandava (IND) bt R.F.M. Roshenka (SL) 6/2, 6/0. Wijesekera (SL) bt D. Muralidharan 6/2, 6/2. Sehrawat (IND) bt S. Wijesinghe (SL) 7/6 (7), 6/1. Fernando (SL) bt P. Krishnaraj (IND) 6/1, 6/3, Thayakaran (SL) bt I. Ganhi (USA) 6/1, 6/7 (5), 6/2. Chinsakchai (Thai) bt L. Sehrawat (IND) 6/0, 6/2. Mandava (IND) bt R. Ruangsumrej (Thai) 6/0, 6/1. Ali Sajjad (IND) bt I. Wijesekera (SL) 6/1, 6/1. Handa (IND) bt K. Herath (SL) 6/2, 6/3. Kotuwattegedera (Sui) bt T. Seutrong 6/3, 4/6, 7/5. Muttiah (SL) bt P.J. Orteza (PHI) 3/6, 6/3, 6/2. Gosh (MRI) bt N. Fernando (SL) 7/6, 6/1.

Prelimiary Rounds

Boys Singles

T. Dineshkanthan (SL) bt V. Tirumurti (IND) 6/2, 6/4. S. Sivakumar (IND) bt R. Somaroop (Thai) 6/1, 6/1. S. Alamdar (Thai) bt S.K. Vijayarajashwaran (IND) 6/0, 6/1. S.T. Paladugu (IND) bt A. Dep (SL) 6/3, 6/1. V. Jinan (IND) bt V. de Alwis (SL) 7/5, 6/4. A. Jayawickrema (SL) bt R. Anand (IND) 6/0, 6/3. R.M. Maheswari (IND) bt C. Tanasugarn (Thai) 6/3, 4/6, 7/6 (7). A. Alla (IND) bt S. Gomez (SL) 6/0, 6/4. T.N. Camphun (Thai) bt R. Agarwal (IND) 6/3, 3/6, 6/3. C.H. Woo (KOR) bt H. Ramakrishnan (IND) 6/0, 6/2. K. Jan (KOR) bt D. Gopinath (IND) 6/1, 6/0. A. Maipradit (Thai) bt. S. Vietla (IND) 6/2, 6/1. D. Rennahak (GER) bt C. Shaveen (SL) 6/1, 6/1. Patil (IND) bt T. Eshwarage (SL) 5/7, 6/3, 6/4. J. Dewage (SL) bt L. Ramesh (IND) 1/6, 6/2, 6/3. Dineshkanthan (SL) bt S.H. Yoon (KOR) 6/2, 6/4. H. Woo (KOR) bt V. Jinan (IND) 6/2, 6/2. Paladugu (IND) bt S. Alamdar (Thai) 6/2, 6/1. Jayawickrema (SL) bt S.N.A. Lampahun 7/6 (5), 6/2. Maheswari (IND) bt Y. Dewage (SL) 6/2, 7/6 (7). Sivakumar (IND) bt D. Rennhak (GER) 7/5, 6/2. Jang (KOR) bt A. Alla (IND) 6/0, 6/4. Mairradit (Thai) bt S. Patil 6/3, 6/3.