Upsets galore in AITA Talent Series

LUCKNOW:Young Lakshya Tikoo on Tuesday caused the biggest upset at the RS Sagar Memorial AITA Talent Series, brushing aside top seeded Sajal Kersarwani 2-0 in straight sets in under-14 category, at the SDS Academy here. The under-16 category too witnessed exits of seeded players. Fourth seed in boys category Sajal Kesarwani and the seventh seed Chinmay Kacker faced early exits. In the girls section fourth seed Shagun Kumari was totally out classed by Arshia Ahmed 4-2, 4-2.

RESULTS Boys U-16 (pre-quarters):

Aaron Samuel bt Joy Das 4-1, 4-2; Arjun Sharma bt Mukul Lodhi 4-0, 5-4 (4); Aryaman Mehta bt Lakshya Tikoo 4-1, 4-0; Abhijit Singh bt Piyush Kumar 4-1, 4-0; Shourya Singh bt Karman Kohli 4-1, 4-1; Anshuman Singh bt Sajal Kesarwani 5-4 (4), 4-0; Vikesh Chaurasia bt Chinmay Kacker 4-1, 4-1; Daksh Singh bt Shaurya Jain 5-4 (3), 4-0.

Boys U-14 (pre-quarters):

Lakshya Tikoo bt Sajal Kersarwani 4-2, 4-0; Mukul Lodhi bt Chinmay Kackar 4-2, 5-3; Parth Ratra bt Shaurya Jain 4-1, 0-4, 10-6; Shaurya Singh bt Shikhar Shukla 4-1, 5-4 (4); Arjun Sharma bt Garv Bansal 4-1, 5-4 (3); Naman Mehta bt Om Yadav 4-2, 5-4 (7); Anshuman Singh bt Karman Kohli 4-1, 4-0; Vikesh Chaurasia bt Arunit Dangwal 4-0, 4-0.

Girls U -16 (pre-quarters):

Yeti Bisen bt Shakti Mishra 4-2, 4-0; Diva Bhatia bt Shreya Gupta 4-0, 4-0; Sasa Katiyar bt Himmika Amarmani 4-0, 4-0; Alisha Vathani bt Kisha Yadav 4-0, 4-2; Archie Panwar bt Lavanya Khanna 4-1, 4-1; Arshia Ahmed bt Shagun Kumari 4-2, 4-2; Vaishnavi Lodhi bt Durga Jain 4-2, 5-4 (4); Eram Zaidi bt Minal 4-1, 5-4 (6).

Girls U -14 (pre-quarters):

Yeti Bisen bt Minal Singh 4-0, 4-1; Dhriti Dangwal bt Himmika Amarmani 5-3, 5-4 (7); Alisha Vatyani bt Archie Panwar 4-2, 5-4 (3); Durba Jain bt Arshia Ahmed 4-2, 4-2; Kisha Yadav bt Shagun Kumari 4-1, 4-0; Diya Bhatia bt Shreya Gupta 4-2, 4-0; Shakti Mishra bt Sasa Katiyar 4-2, 4-2.