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Friday, Dec 24, 2004

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Bhuwan surprises Tanuj

NEW DELHI, DEC. 23. Qualifier Bhuwan Bhatia defeated the eighth-seeded Tanuj Keshwani 6-7 (7), 7-6 (5), 6-4 in the pre-quarterfinals of the boys under-18 section in the Ram Lal memorial AITA Talent series tennis tournament at the Modern School courts, Barakhamba Road, here on Thursday.

The results (pre-quarterfinals):

Boys: Under-18: Bharat Bhardwaj bt Aman Puri 6-1, 6-4; Yuki Bhambri bt NIshkam Paul 6-2, 6-1; Vikas Chauhan bt Vaibhav Aggarwal 5-7, 6-4, 6-2; Kush Jagga bt Shantanu Rajput 6-0, 6-2; Bhuvan Bhatia bt Tanuj Keshwani 6-7 (7), 7-6 (5), 6-4.

Under-14: Dhruv Gurware bt Prateek Gupta 6-2, 6-0; Kshitj Choudhary bt Ritwik Sunkara 7-5, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4); Subhash Rao bt Onkar Kapoor 6-4, 6-2; Palas Tiwari bt Vedant Kapoor 6-3, 6-2; Shantanu Rajput bt Siddharth Rawat 6-2, 6-3; Prateek Bhambri bt Nishkam Paul 6-1, 6-1; Kshitij Kamal bt Vijay Bhardwaj 6-3, 6-1; Ankit Sachdeva bt Kunal Raj Barua 6-2, 6-3.

Girls: Under-18: Renuka Keshwani bt Charuta Mehta 6-0, 6-0; Megha Rao bt Aaranrsha Punj 6-0, 6-1; Isha Razdan bt Samera Sharma 6-2, 6-1.

Under-14: Prerna Bhambri bt Aakanksha 6-1, 6-0; Kritika Paul bt Paridhi Ojha 6-0, 6-2; Poorna bt Diksha Nautiyal 6-4, 6-3; Disha Saigal bt Garima Singh 6-3, 6-3; Baljinder Kaur bt Vaniya Dangwal 2-6, 7-5, 7--6 (6); Renuka Keshwani bt Vidhushi Bhalla 6-1, 6-0; Manya Nagpal bt Srishti Jain 6-1, 6-1; Rishika Sunkara bt Aakriti Chand 6-0, 6-0.

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