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Vaidik upset

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MUMBAI: Unseeded Paladugu Saiteja beat second-seeded Vaidik Munshaw 7-6(4), 1-6, 6-2 in the boys under-14 category to continue the run of upsets in the Xtra Premium National Series tennis here on Wednesday. The AP boy made the most of unforced errors from his Gujarat rival in the decider for a place in the quarterfinals.

Tamil Nadu's S. Siddharth, number six, went down to unseeded Siddharth Rawat of U.P. 7-6(2), 6-4 in another surprise outcome.

The results: Boys under-16 (pre-quarterfinals): Uday Karun Singh (Del) bt Shiva Sangwan (Chand) 6-3, 6-0; Gaurav Walia (Mah) bt Kaza Vinayak Sharma 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; Sameer Patwardhan (Mah) bt Kaushik Reddy (AP) 6-4, 6-2.

Boys under-14 (pre-quarterfinals): Ryoto Tachi (Mah) bt Kunal Anand (Del) 7-5, 6-3; Shahbaz Khan (Mah) bt Hans Parthasarthi (Ori) 3-6, 6-2, 6-4; Mohit Mayur (TN) bt Rakshay Thakkar (Mah) 6-2, 6-3; Siddharth Rawat (U.P.) bt S. Siddharth (TN) 7-6 (2), 6-4; Tushal Thawani (Mah) bt Nishant Dikkala 6-3, 6-4; S.V. Abhishek (AP) bt Vishwesh Sinha (Mah) 7-6 (5), 6-4; Chetan Pandit (AP) bt R. Ramkumar (TN) 7-5, 6-1; Paladugu Saiteja (AP) bt Vaidik Munshaw (Guj) 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-2.

Girls under-14 (second round): Garima Vatwani (Del) bt Dhriti Manek (Mah) 6-4, 6-4; Jenai Billimoria (Mah) bt Neha Purohit (AP) 7-5, 7-5; Nupur Kaul (Mah) bt Shruti Archita (Mah) 6-2, 6-0; Bhavana Suresh (AP) bt Yamini Reddy (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; Gopika Kapoor (Del) bt Baljinder Kaur (Har) 6-1, 6-1; Madhuri Patere (Mah) bt Rachita Saarda (Kar) 6-0, 6-1; Sharmada Balu (Kar) bt Natasha Palha (Goa) bt 6-2, 3-6, 6-0; Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Anuja Makan (Mah) 6-0, 6-3.

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