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Fariz shocks top seed Sumit Prakash Gupta

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UPSET WIN: Mohd. Fariz pulled off some incredible winners to oust top seed Sumit Gupta.

CHENNAI: Mohd. Fariz of Tamil Nadu stunned top seed Sumit Prakash Gupta of Uttar Pradesh 7-6(2), 6-7(6), 6-3 to storm into the boys' under-18 quarterfinals of the MCC-adidas junior National tennis championship at the Madras Cricket Club courts here on Wednesday.

In a match that lasted over three-and-a-half hours, Fariz pulled off some incredible winners from the baseline. However, the 18-year-old made several unforced errors too, especially while going for smashes.

Against a more aggressive Sumit, Fariz maintained his composure and made each rally count in crucial situations to emerge the winner.

He will clash with Sushant Nambiar of Andhra Pradesh in the next round.

Tariq advances

Chennai lad Tariq Jacob matched Vishnu Rajam from the baseline and overpowered the 6'7'' lad 5-7, 6-0, 6-4 in nearly two hours. Tariq will face Allan Gomes in the quarterfinals.

Fourth seed Akash Wagh also made it to the last eight with a 7-6(3), 6-2 victory over V. Sudarshan of Tamil Nadu.

The results (pre-quarterfinals):

Boys: U-18: Mohd. Fariz bt Sumit Prakash Gupta 7-6(2), 6-7(6), 6-3; Tariq Jacob (TN) bt Vishnu Rajam (TN) 5-7, 6-0, 6-4; Sushant Nambiar (AP) bt Avneet Gill (MP) 6-2, 6-3; Allan Gomes (Mah) bt Gugan Verma (TN) 6-4, 6-2; Christopher Marquis (Mah) bt Priyank Gangadharan (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Akash Wagh (Mah) bt V. Sudarshan (TN) 7-6(3), 6-2; Sudanwa Sitaram (TN) bt Venkat Iyer (Del) 6-4, 6-2; Abhijit Tiwari (Chh) bt Tejas Chakulkar (Mah) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.

U-14: Chetan Pandit (AP) bt Sai Teja Palagudu (AP) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; N. Sai Karthik (AP) bt Viswesh Sinha (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; Samip Mehta (Guj) bt Yuvaraj Kumar (Del) 6-2, 6-1; Sumeet Shinde (Mah) bt Karan Avlani (Mah) 6-3, 6-3; Vaidik Munshaw (Guj) bt R. Ram Kumar (TN) 6-4, 6-3; Irfan Hussain (TN) bt R. Vigneshwaran (TN) 6-3, 6-2; S.V. Abhishek (AP) bt Surya Pawan (AP) 6-4, 6-3; Mohit Mayur (TN) bt Rishab Dev (TN) 5-7, 7-2, 6-3.

Girls: U-18: Bhavani Thirumurthy (TN) bt P.V. Raja Rajeswari (AP) 6-0, 6-3; Unnati Purushotham (AP) bt T. Nilaya (AP) 6-2, 6-4; Tara Iyer (Del) bt Grace Hannah (TN) 6-0, 6-1; Sweta Kumari Solanki (Del) bt Shalini Shahoo (Del) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Aarthi Duraiswamy (TN) bt Divya Rao (AP) 6-0, 6-0; Aishwarya Srivastav (Mah) bt Anusree Thamanne (Kar) 6-0, 6-2; Rashmi Teltumbde (Mah) bt V. Archana (AP) 6-2, 6-2.

U-14: M. Divija (AP) bt Nupur Kaul (Mah) 6-4, 6-3; Rashmi Teltumbde (Mah) bt Ankita Raina (Guj) 6-4, 6-0; Aishwarya Srivastav (Mah) bt Natalia Khaneijo (Mah) 6-1, 6-3; Kyra Shroff (Kar) bt Arushi Sharma (Del) 6-1, 6-2; Aishwarya Agarwal (MP) bt Bhavana Suresh (AP) 6-0, 6-3; V. Archana (AP) bt Divya Rao Maduku (AP) 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-2; Rishika Sunkara (Del) bt D. Yamini Reddy (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; Prerna Bhambri (Del) bt Novo Patel (Guj) 6-1, 7-6(2).

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