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Arsav upsets top seed

By Sports reporter

GUWAHATI, Nov 24 � Qualifier Arsav Mohanty of USA caused a major upset in the ongoing ITF Juniors defeating top seed Indian Rajat Maheswary 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.

The ITF championship, organised by the All Assam Tennis Association at Chachal tennis complex here, saw the USA based Assam boy rally to beat the top seed in a convincing way taking the last two sets of the three-set encounter.

In the girls section also, unseeded Spanish girl Carol Augustine Benito upset third seed Indian girl Spurti Shivalingiah 6-3, 7-5.

Results of the day: (boys) Arsav Mohanty (USA) bt Rajat Maheswari (IND) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, Kumara PS Adavelly (IND) bt Rohan Bhatia (IND) 7-5, 6-4, Shaikh Abdullah (IND) bt Suraj Konwar (IND) 6-1, 6-1, K Pradeep Reddy (IND) bt Tarun Nath Surat (IND) 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-0, Vishwesh Sinha (IND) bt Anatoliy Petrenko (UKR) 6-0, 6-1, Anvit Bendre (IND) bt Garry Singh Amor (IND) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, Vilasier Khate (IND) bt Dhruv Agarwal (IND) 6-2, 6-1, Rishabh Agarwal (IND) bt Sidhant Deka (IND) 6-2, 6-3. (Girls) Carol Augustine Benito (ESP) bt Spurti Shivalingaiah (IND) 6-3, 7-5, Rutuja Bhosale (IND) bt Sumaiyah Begum (IND) 6-3, 6-0, Nova Patel (IND) bt Vasanti Shinde (IND) 6-4, 6-2, Sansitha Nandakumar (IND) bt Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (IND) 6-0, 6-3, Sai Samitha Chamarthi (IND) bt Swetha Sree Hari (IND) 6-4, 6-2, Shweta Rana (IND) bt Ann-Christin Nilsson (GER) 6-4, 6-3, Tahira Bhatti (IND) bt Rimpledeep Kaur Batth 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, Megha Sherawat (IND) bt Shreya Pasricha (IND) 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.

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