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Varun ousts Santosh

MYSORE, JULY 22. Qualifier Varun Shetty (Kar) registered an uspet 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) win over fifth-seeded B. Santosh (Kar) to sail into the last eight stage in the boys under-18 singles in the AITA Talent Series juniors (boys & girls u-14 & u-18) tournament at MTC courts here on Thursday.

In the girls under-18 section, unseeded Swathi Tyagi (Kar) registered defeated win over second seeded Divya Rana (AP) 7-6 (10-8), 1-6, 6-4 to enter the semifinals.

The results (Boys U-18 pre-quarterfinals): Varun Shetty (Kar) bt B. Santosh (Kar) 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, 7-6 (7-4); R.K. Praveen (Kar) bt Rohit Srinath (Kar) 6-1, 6-0; I.B. Abhishek (TN) bt Sooraj Prasad (Kar) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3; Sagar G Kashyap (Kar) bt Kanakaraj (TN) 6-2, 6-4; Varun Gunasheelan (TN) bt Suraj Bikkannavar (Kar) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Harshavardhan T (Guj) bt Vibhav M Iyengar (Kar) 3-6, 6-0, 7-6 (7-2); Bruhath V Raker (Kar) bt Avinash Muppalla (AP) 6-4, 6-4.

Boys Under-14 pre-quarterfinals: Rohit Srinath (Kar) bt Deependra (Kar) 6-1, 6-0; Dinesh Kannan (TN) bt Vikas Hansoge (Kar) 6-4, 6-3; Vibhav M Iyengar (Kar) bt V. Pranav 6-1, 6-1; M.D. Shreyas (Kar) bt Avinash Ramanathan (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Varun Gopal (Kar) bt Ishwar Prasad (TN) 6-4, 6-3; Taoissaro (Ker) bt Sagar Manjunath (Kar) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1; A.N. Muddappa (Kar) bt H.J. Prajwal (Kar) 6-3, 6-4.

Girls Under-18 quarterfinals: Kaamya Ramanan (Kar) bt Padmapriya (Kar) 6-2, 6-1; Swathi Tyagi (Kar) bt Divya Rana (AP) 7-6 (10-8), 1-6, 6-4; Sharmada Balu (Kar) bt Sri Kumkum (Kar) 6-3, 6-3.

Girls Under-14 quarterfinals: M.P. Nitha (Kar) bt Alisha Poonja (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; Tyagi Akansha (Kar) bt Sri Kumkum (Kar) 6-4, 6-3; Sharmada Balu (Kar) bt Tyagi Swathi (Kar) 5-7, 7-5, 6-1.

Pre-quarterfinals: Raj Monisha bt Alisha Poonja 6-4, 6-4; M.P. Nitha (Kar) bt Rachana R Gowda (Kar) 6-4, 6-3; Akansha T bt Subha C Chakrala (Kar) 6-1, 6-3; Sri Kumkum (Kar) bt Attiguppe Priyanka (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; Ramya Ramanathan bt Dhanya T Venugopal (Kar) 6-1, 6-3.

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