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Nitesh advances

Mysore: Top-seeded P. Nitesh of Karnataka registered an 8-1 win over V. Kaushal (Karnataka) and entered the final qualifying round in the boys' under-16 singles in the AITA Talent Series tennis tourney for juniors, conducted by R. Nagaraja's Tennis Centre at the SJCE courts here on Saturday. Unseeded Aravind (Karnataka) shocked fourth seeded State-mate Y.B. Vinay 8-6 to enter the final round in the boys' under-16 singles.

The results: Boys' under-16 singles (second round, qualifying): P. Nitesh (Kar) bt V. Kaushal (Kar) 8-1; Sibimon (TN) bt S. Darshan (Kar) 8-2; Vishwanath Sawadi (Kar) bt Prabhu Raj (TN) 8-6; Aravind (Kar) bt Y.B. Vinay (Kar) 8-6; C. Hemanth Kumar (Kar) bt A. Santosh (Kar) 8-3; V. Pranav (Kar) bt P. Poojith (Kar) 8-1; Ajinkay (Mah) bt Chengappa (Kar) 8-5; Surjith Singh (Kar) bt R. Varun (Kar) 8-2; Jhodhbir Singh (Kar) bt Supreeth Dev (Kar) 8-7 (7-2); Achutha (Kar) bt Rajeev Reddy (AP) 8-2; Rishi Debrey (Kar) bt P. Sonam (HP) 8-7 (7-4); Gautham Reddy (Kar) bt Apremeya (Kar) 8-1; Pruthvika N (Kar) bt Md. Aslam Pasha (Kar) 8-4.

Boys' under-14 singles (second round): Jude Raymond (AP) bt Siddeshwar Gowda (Kar) 8-2; Suraj Prabhod (Kar) bt Aqueef Rehman (kar) 8-6; Prajwal Dev (Kar) bt A. Santosh (Kar) 8-5; S. Siddarth (Kar) bt Y.B. Vinay (Kar) 8-6; C. Hemanth Kumar (Kar) bt C. Pawan (Kar) 8-1; Jigar Shah (Kar) bt D. Siddarth (Kar) 8-7 (10-8); J. Jayanth (Kar) bt Nikhil Reddy (AP) 8-7 (7-1). — Our Correspondent

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