Domestic Junior Circ./ Upcoming u15 players

[jaydeep]

Ronit Bisht must be below 15 as he was one of twenty nine youngsters (11 to 14 years) from across the nation in the first batch of the IMG Reliance Scholarship for India Programme ... So from last September he is training at the IMG Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Brandenton, Florida.

A Day In Life At IMG Tennis Academy

[sameerph]

In fact , as per ITF records, Ronit just completed 15 years yesterday. He has not played any ITF junior tournaments since he went to NBTA. So, not sure how is progressing there. Hopefully, he will play some junior events soon.

[sameerph]

I think Sahil Dehsmukh is from Pune & Garvit Batra from Delhi.

Sahil Dehsmukh is added in the Asian team but not sure about Garvit Batra ... Sahil Dehsmukh is from Pune and coached by former Davis Cup player Sandeep Kirtane at Deccan Gymkhana.

These are the top 4 in the final standings in Asian under 14 among boys & girls .

Boys -
1. Sahil Deshmukh IND
2. Ku Keon Kang KOR
3. Zufan Zhou CHN
4. Garvit Batra IND

Girls -
1. Tami Grande INA
2. Arina Folts UZB
3. Quiyu YE CHN
4. Shehadevi Reddy IND

So, Sahil , Garvit & Sneha make the Asian under 14 team for Europe tour which will be good exposure.

[jaydeep]

Thanks Sameer for posting the Asian under 14 teams ... Yes, good exposure for them on European clay for Sahil, Garvit and Shehadevi Reddy.

[sameerph]

News about good title win by 14 year old Sumit Nagal at under-14 boys American Cup tennis championship at the Miccosukee Tennis Club in Miami, Florida.
Looks like he won against a pretty good field-

Delhi boy Sumit wins American Cup tennis championship

[knarayen]

Well - hey - Nagal vs Nadal. The media will have a field day with this if it ever happens.

I hope it does....we need a good singles player who can shoot up the ranks fast.

Prof

[sameerph]

In the week before this American cup win by Sumit, him alongwith Sahil Deskhmukh participated in the Eddie Herr under 14 touurnament.

Sahil was in fact the top seed but lost in the first round. Sumit was the 6th seed & lost in the PQF. However, Sahil & Sumit were top seeds in doubles & went on to win the title at this prestigious event. Looks like a pair of promising 14 year old emerging . They will be also playing in the Orange Bowl under 14 tournament which starts in a couple of days.

[PKBasu]

Very nice to see that we have some world-class players in the under-14 category again.

[ankit1407]

these kids are playing at the orange bowl junior tournament this week...seems like a big field of 128 players main draw..

Here are the first round results

R1 Sahil Deshumukh d. Elan Mendes 6-1; 6-1
R1 Sumit Nagal d. Nathan Ponwith 7-5; 6-4

R2 S. Deshumukh V Q Schmidt
Sahil opponent also won 6-0,6-0 in his first round , thou am not sure about the seeding part.

R2 S. Nagal V M. Aboulkassem

Good luck boys..

[ankit1407]

Sahil lost his second round match in straight sets

A. Q Schmidt Def Sahil Deshmukh 6-4; 6-2

Lets hope at least S Nagal wins his second round match..

[ankit1407]

Good win for Sumit in 2nd round, keeps our hope alive

R2 S. Nagal DEF M. Aboulkassem 6-0; 6-3

So he will face the 14th seed in 3rd round now..

R3 S. Nagal v D. Biljesko (14) ...

[sameerph]

Thanks, Ankit for those results.

Another Indian boy, Basil Khuma has come thru 4 rounds of qualifying & has also won 2 rounds with an upset 15th seed in first round.

[R1] (Q) Basil Khuma (IND) d. (15) Alex Molcan (SVK) 76(4) 75
[R2] (Q) Basil Khuma (IND) d. (WC) Jack Barber (USA) 63 26 44 retd.

Next,

[R3] Sumit Nagal (IND) v. (14) Domagoj Biljesko (HRV)
[R3] (Q) Basil Khuma (IND) v. Micehel Mimoh (USA)

Any idea which country HRV stands for here ?

[ankit1407]

oh great....I just thought only these 2 kids are playing, great one more hope for us

HRV - not sure...what it stands for...but this is crazy...hope the kid handle so many matches...4 Qualifying...2 Rounds now...testing the physical limits of these kids..

[sameerph]

Yes, Basil Khuma is from Mizoram & one of the trainees at NBTA as part Reliance-IMG course. I had put a video of him just one page back in this thread only. Good performance from him here winning 6 matches so far. He should be someone we should keep an eye on .

Sahil Deshmukh seems to have a bit of rough patch though after training in Florida. I have seen this happen many times for Indian kids who go to acadamies for short duration. Hopefully, he is just making few adjustments to his game & will come back well.

[Atithee]

HRV is almost certainly Croatia. It is their ITU (telecom) and some other code but not IOC code. I do not know why it is being used in sports; perhaps for historic reasons.