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Shweta, Sushrutha enter quarterfinals

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CHENNAI: Reigning National junior champion G.K. Shweta, the second seed, defeated S. Janaki 6-3, 6-2 to enter the girls' quarterfinals of the PNB-Triangle Tennis Trust ITF junior tennis championship at the TTT courts here on Tuesday. In another pre-quarterfinal match, Sushrutha Reddy overcame Japanese Ayumi Yoshida, the lone foreigner left in the girls' singles draw.

Parija Maloo beat Gayatri Krishnan 6-4, 7-5 in the last 16 round.

The lone foreigner Gilbert Tze Chun Wong of Hong Kong posted a 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 win over Preetam Roy Moras in the boys' pre-quarterfinals. Qualifier G.P. Prajnesh made it to the quarterfinals with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Navinderpal Singh Sidhu. In an upset, Priyank Gangadharan had it easy against Gursher Harika of India, the third seed, 6-2, 6-4.

The results (pre-quarterfinals, Indians unless otherwise mentioned):

Boys: G.P. Prajnesh bt Navinderpal Singh Sidhu 6-0, 6-1; Sushanth Nambiar bt B. Vikram Reddy 7-6 (5), 6-4; Gilbert Tze Chun Wong (Hkg) bt Preetam Roy Moras 3-6, 6-2, 6-2; Ashwin Vijayaraghavan bt Siddharth Alapatti 7-5, 3-0 (conceded); Allan Gomes bt Rubel Shandilya 6-2, 7-5; Priyank Gangadharan bt Gursher Harika 6-2, 6-4; Peter Agnel Gladwin bt Sriram Balaji 6-3, 6-4; Rohan Gide bt Siddharth Hande 6-0, 4-6, 6-3.

Girls: Sandri Gangotri bt Shahin Ansari 6-2, 6-2; Sushrutha Reddy bt Ayumi Yoshida (Jpn) 6-3, 6-1; Vandana Murali bt Deepna Vazirani 6-1, 6-1; Kelsey Sundaram bt Akshita Raj 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; Parija Maloo bt Gayatri Krishnan 6-4, 7-5; V. Poojashree bt Likitha Devraj 6-1, 6-1; E. Ashmitha bt Vishakha Sheoran 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; G.K. Shweta bt S. Janaki 6-3, 6-2.

Boys doubles (first round): Gursher Harika/Anshuman Dutta bt R.K. Praveen/Preetam Roy Moras 6-4, 7-6(5); Kaushik Das/Mesheer Vaswani bt Shrikant Kumawat/Rohan Shetty 6-3, 6-1; Ankit Patel/Rahul Belwal w/o Rohan Gide/Siddarth Alapati; Sriram Balaji/Navaneetha Kannan bt Vishnu Rajam/Priyank Gangadharan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Akash Wagh/G. P. Prajnesh bt Varun Gunaseelan & Navinderpal Singh Sidhu 6-2, 6-2; Gilbert Tze Chun Wong/Ryan Cheung (Hkg) bt Siddharth Hande/Tariq Jacob 7-5, 6-3; Ashwin Vijayraghavan/Vikram Reddy bt Pulkit Mishra/Tanuj Keswani 6-1, 6-3; Agnel Peter Gladwin/Allan Gomes bt Kush Jagga & Rubel Shandilya 6-2, 6-2.

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