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Akshita stuns Shivika

CHENNAI, AUG. 18. Akshita B. Raj of Karnataka upset top-seeded Shivika Burman (West Bengal) 6-4, 6-1 in the girls' under-18 pre-quarterfinal round of the ABI-Showa Tech AITA (Super Series) junior tennis tournament at the Krishnan Tennis Centre, Kottivakkam, here on Wednesday.

Other results (pre-quarterfinals):

Girls under 18: Swetha Kumari (Del) bt Neha Rana (Del) 6-3, 6-1; Supriya Mallaya (Mah) bt M. Kanisha (Mah) 6-2, 6-3; Prerana Mythri (AP) bt Greeshma Roy (Ker) 7-5, 1-0 (concd.); Grace Hannah (TN) bt Amoolya Ragunath (Kar) 6-3, 7-5; M. Niroshita (AP) bt Amrita Seth (Del) 6-0, 6-0; Bhavani Tirumurti (TN) bt Tejeswani Datla (AP) 7-5, 6-3; Aarathi Duraisamy (TN) bt Sanjana Kapoor (Del) 6-3, 6-3.

Boys under -18: N. Sushanth (AP) bt Ankit Patel (Chat) 6-3, 6-0; Saketh Sai (AP) bt Suresh Krishna (AP) 6-1, 6-4; Siddharth Hande (TN) bt Varun Gunaseelan (TN) 6-3, 6-3; Ajay Selvaraj (TN) bt Ramu Arun (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Vijit Shegal (Del) bt Siddharth Alapati (AP) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4; Rohan Gide (Mah) bt Arpit Sharma (WB) 6-0, 6-1; M. Fariz (TN) bt Nithyesh Nataraj (TN) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Krishna Karsolia (UP) bt P. Vivek Reddy (AP) 6-3, 5-7, 7-5.

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