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Shantanu shocks Chandril, enters last eight

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KAVALI: Rank outsider Shantanu Rajput shocked third seed Chandril Sood 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in the boys' pre-quarterfinal of the Visvodaya Institute of Technology and Science (VITS)-AITA under-16 super series tennis championships here on Tuesday.

Other seeds dislodged included Shiva Sangwan (seventh) by S.V. Abhishek 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2 and sixth ranked D.G. Harshini Reddy by Deepna Vazirani 7-5, 6-1.

Making the last eight were Lakshit Sood, Suraj Desai, A. Daniel Raj, Man Singh Athare, Ankesh Bhargava, Shantanu, Abhishek and Kaza Vinayak Sarma.

Tanvi R. Shah, Neha Purohit, T. Nilaya, Arushi Sharma, Mohana Sai Madhuri, Gopika Kapoor, Deepna and V. Archana completed the quarterfinal line-up among the girls.

Down by a set, Man Singh Athare clawed his way back to subdue Bibaswan Deb 1-6, 6-4, 6-0. Deb, with a strong serve and accurate diagonal returns, called the shots until midway through the second set.

Athare hung on gamely, never letting the setbacks affect him. He then attacked Deb's backhand with deep, chest-high returns or by repeatedly wrong-footing the latter.

The results:

Pre-quarterfinals: Boys: Shantanu Rajput (Del) bt Chandril Sood (UP) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Lakshit Sood (UP) bt S. Kaushik Reddy (AP) 6-3, 6-4; Suraj Desai (Guj) bt Vaidik Munshav (Guj) 6-0, 6-0; A. Daniel Raj (AP) bt Chetan Pandit (AP) 7-5, 7-6(6); Man Singh Athare (Mah) bt Bibaswan Deb (Ben) 1-6, 6-4, 6-0; Ankesh Bhargava (AP) bt Himanshu S. Mali (Mah) 6-4, 6-2; S.V. Abhishek (AP) bt Shiva Sangwan (Chd) 2-6, 7-6(5), 6-2; Kaza Vinayak Sarma (AP) bt J. Mohit Mayur (TN) 7-6(7), 6-4.

Girls: Tanvi R. Shah (Mah) bt Preethi Srinivasan (TN) 6-0, 6-1; Neha Purohit (AP) bt Susita (Ori) 6-2, 6-0; T. Nilaya (AP) bt Sharon S. Paul (TN) 6-1, 6-4; Arushi Sharma (Del) bt K. Divya Raana (AP) 6-4, 6-3; Mohana Sai Madhuri (AP) bt Nova Akshay Patel (Guj) 7-5, 6-3; Gopika Kapoor (Del) bt C. Rajeswari (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Deepna Vazirani (Mah) bt D.G. Harshini Reddy (Kar) 7-5, 6-1; V. Archana (AP) bt Mohana Sarkar (Ben) 6-1, 6-3.

First round: Mohana Sarkar bt Kahini Ananda Dalal (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; Nova Patel bt Neeta Manohar (AP) 6-0, 6-2; Deepna Vazirani bt Sai Pujitha Bandi (AP) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; V. Archana bt Saadgi S. Rajani (Guj) 6-1, 6-4.

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