News

Amodini Vijay Nayak who wore the U-16 crown just last week is in line for a second title in as many weeks when she entered the title round in the girls category of the AITA Championship Series U-18 being hosted by Fortune Sports Academy here on Tuesday.  The 14-year-old who is seeded eighth overcame seventh seed Gagana Mohankumar 9-5 in the semifinals to set up a summit clash with Siri Patil who beat Disha Behera 9-6 in the other semifinal.

 In the boys section, fifth seed Adith Amarnath upset top seed Ravi Ninaad 9-5 and will take on Mandeep Reddy in the finals. Mandeep was leading 3-1 against Tarun Vetrivelan when the latter conceded the match.

Results

Boys U-18

Semifinals

5-Adith Amarnath bt 1-Ravi Ninaad 9-5; Mandeep Reddy bt Tarun Vetrivelan 3-1 (conceded)

Quarterfinals

1-Ninad Ravi bt Vaibhav Krishna 9-7; 5-Amaranth Adith bt Jason Michael David 8-5; Mandeep Reddy bt Ashwin Manikandan 9-7; Tarun Vetrivelan bt Arhan Gupta: 8-7 (4)

Girls U-18

Semifinals

Siri Patil bt Disha Behera 9-6; 8-Amodini Vijay Nayak bt 7-Gagana Mohankumar 9-5

Quarterfinals

Siri Patil bt Sonicka J 9-6; Disha Behera bt 4-Samriddhi Pokarna 8-6; 8-Amodini Vijay Nayak bt Vanya Srivastav 9-7; 7-Gagana Mohankumar bt Nidi Buvilla 9-5

ENDS