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Yuki stops a fighting Vikram

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NEW DELHI: Yuki Bhambri bounced back in time to beat the fifth-seeded Vikram Reddy 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in the second round of the Adidas ITF junior Grade `II' tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Tuesday.

The 14-year-old Yuki had beaten Vikram on way to the semifinals last week, but looked out of sorts as he trailed 2-4 in the decider. However, the talented local lad showed the urgency at the climax to turn the match in his favour even as his Andhra opponent failed to find his forceful game at the crunch.

In another lively encounter, Prajnesh Gunneswaran recovered from losing the first set to outgun Ankit Sachdeva.

Akash Gujarati, Vishesh Bhatia, Vijayant Malik, Venkat Iyer, Sriram Balaji and Ashwin Vijayaraghavan were the other Indian boys to make the pre-quarterfinals.

In the girls' section, Adnya Naik ousted the third-seeded Yana Kireeva of Russia 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

The results (second round): Boys: Rifat Biktyakov (Uzb) bt Peter Agnel Gladwin 6-4, 6-4; Jeong-Han Seo (Kor) bt Parul Verma 6-1, 6-4; Vishesh Bhatia bt Sushant Nambiar 7-6(1), 4-6, 6-1; Yuki Bhambri bt Vikram Reddy 6-2, 3-6, 6-4; Vijayant Malik bt Karunuday Singh 6-1, 6-1; Andrei Savulescu (Rom) bt Christopher Marquis 7-6 (2), 7-6(5); Kittiphong Wachiramanowong (Tha) bt Jagadeesan Kumar 6-0, 6-3; Akash Gujarati bt Vladimir Lyashchenko (Rus) 6-4, 6-2; Jerzy Janowicz (Pol) bt Palash Tiwari 6-3, 6-3; Prajnesh Gunneswaran bt Ankit Sachdeva 4-6, 6-1, 6-3; Toshiya Suzuki bt Shiva Sangwan 6-4, 6-1; Alexey Tikhonov (Rus) bt Akshay Kohli 6-1, 6-1; Jae-Beom Kim (Kor) bt Khunpol Issara (Tha) 6-4, 7-5; Venkat Iyer bt Ronak Manuja 6-4, 6-3; Sriram Balaji bt Timur Kamilov (Uzb) 6-4, 6-3; Ashwin Vijayaraghavan bt Pulkit Mishra 6-1, 6-1.

Girls: Sophia Mulsap (Tha) bt Kyra Shroff 6-4, 6-2; Poojashree Venkatesh bt Polina Dzyuba (Rus) 6-4, 6-1; Anastasiya Vasylyeva (Ukr) bt Prerna Bhambri 7-5, 6-2; Pipiya Nanuli (Rus) bt Nigora Sirojddinova (Uzb) 6-3, 6-2; Janaki Gunuganti bt Haruka Naito (Jpn) 6-0, 6-0; Sweta Solanki bt Bhavani Tirumurthi 6-2, 6-4; Yuliya Goloborodko (Ukr) w.o. Valeriya Savinykh (Rus); Shivika Burman bt Regina Shtyagina (Rus) 6-1, 6-3; Alyona Sotnikova (Ukr) bt Beatrice Gumulya (Ina) 6-1, 5-7, 7-5; Khunpak Issara (Tha) bt Sayali Bhilare 6-2, 6-1; Adnya Naik bt Yana Kireeva (Rus) 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Aleksandra Kolesnichenko (Uzb) bt Deepna Vazirani 6-0, 6-1; Nicha Lertpitaksinchai (Tha) bt Nova Patel 3-6, 6-2, 6-1; Vishakha Sheoran bt Sharmada Balu 6-1, 6-3; Nadia Lalami (Mor) bt Olga Makhova (Rus) 6-3, 6-0.

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