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Rubal, Prateek made to sweat

By Our Special Correspondent

MUMBAI, FEB. 22. Delhi juniors Rubal Shandilya and Prateek Bhambri felt the chill on a cold day at the AITA National series junior tennis on Tuesday, as they were taken to three sets before booking their third round berths. Shandilya dropped the first set to rival Gugar Verma in the boys' U-18 singles before forcing his way through 6-4, 6-3 in the Rajesh Kumar Wadhawan Trust-sponsored event at Practennis courts. Bhambri beat Shabaaz Khan 7-6(1), 5-7, 6-3.

The results (singles): Second round: Boys under-18: Sudanwa Sitaram (TN) bt Varun Gunaselan (TN) 6-4, 6-2; Jacob Tariq (TN) bt Akash Gujarathi 7-5, 7-5; Suresh Krishna (AP) bt Dushyant Verma (MP) 6-0, 6-0; Nitish Raj (UP) bt Ankesh Bhargave (UP) 6-2, 6-2; Kaushik Das bt Rohan Shetty (Guj) 6-4, 6-3; Rubal Shandilya (Del) bt Gugar Verma (TN) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3; Rahul Belwal (Del) bt Ankur Agarwal (Del) 6-3, 6-2; Marlon Coelho (Mah) bt Gaurav Singh (TN) 6-2, 7-5; Kaushal Mahale (Mah) bt Christopher Marquis (Mah) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.

Under- 14: Marquis Christopher (Mah) bt Rohit Patel (Chn) 6-2, 6-3; Gugan Verma (TN) bt S. Siddharth (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Aadish Sardesai (Mah) bt Rushabh Dev (TN) 6-2, 6-3; Shiva Sangwan (Chn) bt Aniket Wakankar (Mah) 6-3, 6-2; Sudanwa Sitaram (TN) bt Deepak Swaminathan (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Lakshit Sood (UP) bt Tushal Thawani (Mah) 6-2 6-3; Prateek Bhambri (Del) bt Shabaaz Khan (Mah) 7-6 (1), 5-7, 6-3; Gopinath Menta bt Advait Kirtane (Mah) 6-4, 1-6, 6-1.

Girls under-18: Prerna Mythri (AP) bt Nandita Krishnan (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Janani Suresh (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Garma Vatwani (Del) bt Sharmada Balu (Kar) 6-3, 6-4; Shahin Ansari (TN) bt Richa Valecha 6-4, 7-6; Sampada Kanade (Mah) bt Tanya Kapoor (Del) 6-2, 6-0; Varsha Shjivashankar (Kar) bt Mariam Lubna (TN) 6-0, 6-2; Neena Sharma (Del) Prarthana Pratap 6-0, 6-0.

Under-14: First round: Sweta Solanki (Del) bt Y.P. Aishwarya (AP) 6-3, 6-3; Garima Vatwani (Del) bt Sharmada Balu (Kar) 6-4, 6-4; Adnya Naik (Mah) bt V. Archana (AP) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2; Nandita Krishnan (TN) bt Preethi Srinivasan (TN) 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Prachi Nadkarni (Mah) bt Purva Makan 6-4, 6-3; Tanvi Shah (Mah) bt Shruti Archana (Mah) 6-0, 6-2; Prerna Bhambri (Del) bt Kelsey Sunderam (TN) 6-4, 6-3; Danible Jones (Ben) bt Pujitha Gandisai (TN) 6-2, 6-2; Aishvarya Shrivastava (Mah) bt Tanya Kapoor (Del) 7-5, 6-1; Soniya Dayal (Mah) bt Anusha Kapoor (Del) 6-2, 6-2; Rashmi Teltumbe (Mah) bt Nupur Kaul (Mah) 6-4, 6-3; M. Divva (Ben) bt Preyana Mythali (AP) 7-5, 6-1; Pooja Patel (Mah) bt Likitha Devraj (Kar) 7-5, 6-1; Rishika Sunkara (Del) bt Ria Behl (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; Nova Patel (Guj) bt Yamini Reddy (AP) 7-6, 6-0; Janaki S Rao bt Gopika Kapoor (Del) 6-1, 6-2.

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