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Main draw from today

Mysore: The main draw events in the AITA Talent Series tennis tournament for juniors (under-12, u-14, u-16 boys & girls), conducted by the R. Nagaraj's Tennis Centre, Mysore under the auspices of the Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA), gets off to a start at the SJCE and MTC courts here from Monday.

In the final qualifying round matches held in the boys' under-16 section, P. Nitesh, Surjith Singh, Rishi Debraj, Aravind, Achutha, V. Pranav and C. Hemanth Kumar (all Karnataka) and Ajiankay (Maharashtra) won their respective matches to enter the main draw.

In the boys' under-14 section, C. Hemanth Kumar, Supreeth Dev, Goutham Reddy, D. Supreeth, S. Siddarth, Md. Aslam Pasha, Jigar Shah and B. Sonam (all Karnataka) won their respective final round matches to enter the main draw.

The seedings: Boys under-16: 1. H.J. Prajwal; 2. C.M. Kiran; S. Kamal (all Karnataka); U-14: C.M. Kiran (Karnataka); P.S. Soorya Prasath (TN); 3. Chirag S. Igoor (Karnataka); U-12: S.M. Abdullah (AP); 2. Ansuv Kumar Buyan (Orissa).

Girls' U-16: A.K. Padmapriya; 2. Rachana R. Gowda (both Karnataka); 3. Cinthana Manikavel (TN); U-14: 1.A.K. Padmapriya; 2. Rachana R Gowda (both Karnataka) and N.B. Sharanya (AP); U-12: Likitha Shetty (Kar); 2. N.B. Sharanya (AP); 3. V. Dhruthi (Kar). — Our Correspondent