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Wednesday, Nov 16, 2005

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Harshini, Chandril crash out

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MUMBAI: Karnataka's Harshini Reddy (girls U-16) and Uttar Pradesh's Chandril Sood (boys U-16) realised that seedings don't matter when compared to current form. Both went down to unseeded rivals M. Divija (Andhra Pradesh) and A.M. Suraj (Karnataka) respectively in straight sets of the Tata AIG Life Super Series Junior Tennis singles pre-quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Divija gained a break in the second set to ward off Harshini's fightback and win 6-1, 7-5.

Sood won 6-2, 6-1 to join top seed Vikram Reddy (AP) and fourth seed Preetam Roy Moras (Kar) in quarterfinals, the only seeded players remaining in the fray.

The results: (pre-quarterfinals):

Boys U-16: Vikram Reddy (AP) bt Chandam Shaolin (Chd) 6-2, 6-3; A.M. Suraj (Kar) bt Chandril Sood (UP) 6-2, 6-1; Preetam Roy Moras (Kar) bt S.G. Arul Selvan (TN) 6-2, 6-4; Ashwin Nambi (TN) bt Prateek Patel (Del) 6-2, 6-1; Jayraj Desai (Mah) bt Aniket Wakankar (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; Tejas Chaukulkar (Mah) bt Rishabh Dev (TN) 6-1, 6-4; Sameer Patwardhan (Mah) bt Sumeet Shinde (Mah) 6-3, 6-3; Jugal Marfatia (Mah) bt Jitesh Avasthi (Guj) 6-1, 6-2.

Boys U-14: Jugal Marfatia (Mah) bt Gautam Thakre (Mah) 6-1, 6-3; Samip Mehta (Guj) bt Vishal Passi (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; Vaidik Munshaw (Guj) bt Parth Shah (Mah) 6-2, 6-3; Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) bt Anuj Chajed (Mah) 6-2, 6-2; Rushabh Shah (Mah) bt Samrat Maran (AP) 6-4, 6-3; Neville Billimoria (Mah) bt Tushal Thawani (Mah) 7-6, 5-7, 6-4; Saagar Ahuja (Mah) bt Krishik Divakar (Kar) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Sumit Shinde (Mah) bt Goghari Aashman 6-0, 6-2.

Girls U-16: Adnyaa Naik (Mah) bt Shraddha Dali (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; Rashmi Teltumbde (Mah) bt Nupur Kaul (Mah) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2; M. Divija (AP) bt Harshini Reddy (Kar) 6-1, 7-5; T. Nilaya (AP) bt Apoorva Makan (Mah) 6-0, 6-2; Jenai Billimoria (Mah) bt Akula Harika (AP) 6-2, 6-0; Rasika Sankpal (Mah) bt Nandini Singh (Raj) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; Natalia Kaneijo (Mah) bt V. Nayantara (AP) 6-1, 6-4; Garima Vatwani (Del) bt Mokshada Jain (Ben) 6-3, 6-2.

Girls U-14: Garima Vatwani (Del) bt Ratnika Batra (Del) 6-2, 6-3; Nupur Kaul (Mah) bt Zainab Sajjad Ali (AP) 7-6, 6-0; Adnyaa Naik (Mah) bt Apoorva Makan (Mah) 6-0, 6-0; Yamini Reddy (Kar) bt Shruti Archita (Mah) 6-3, 6-1; Shraddha Dali (Mah) bt Madhuri Pathere (Mah) 4-6, 6-1, 7-6; T. Nilaya (AP) bt Natalia Khaneijo (Mah) 6-3, 6-2; M. Divija (AP) bt Nandini Singh (Raj) 6-2, 6-2; Gopika Kapoor (Del) bt Neha Purohit (AP) 6-0, 6-0.

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