Mysore: Unseeded Tamil Nadu's Subhash Koushik played a consistent baseline game to shock second seed and State-mate Sai Reddy 8-6 and enter the quarterfinals in the boys under-14 singles event on the second-day of the NTC-Rotary Mysore Midtown AITA Talent Series for juniors here on Tuesday.

In another minor upset, unseeded Siddarth Reddy (Tamil Nadu) posted a 8-3 win over fifth seed D. Prachit (Maharashtra) in the same section.

Top-seeded Vishwanath Sawadi had a well earned 8-6 win over Mahesh Bhatija (Karnataka), while second-seeded C.M. Kiran (Karnataka) rallied well, after being down 1-6, to register a hard-fought 8-7(4) win over Kerala's Anand George.

The results:

Boys under-16 singles: Pre-quarterfinals: Vishwanath Sawadi (Kar) bt Mahesh A. Bhatija (Kar) 8-6; C.M. Kiran (Kar) bt Anand George (Ker) 8-7(4); Varun Gopal (Kar) bt P. Venkatraman (TN) 8-0; G.L. Karthik (Kar) bt Aravind (Kar) 8-6; Rohit Srinath (Kar) bt Ganga Singh (Kar) 8-5; Pyara Singh (Kar) bt N. Pruthvika (Kar) 8-2; Vishnu K Jinan (Kar) bt Surjit Singh (Kar) 8-2; Asaad Jaffer (Kar) bt S. Yashas (Kar) 8-5.

Boys under-14 singles: Pre-quarterfinals: S. Raghavendra (Kar) bt Rohit John Joseph (Ker) 8-2; Siddarth Reddy (TN) bt D. Prachit (Mah) 8-3; Venkatesh Krishna (TN) bt J. Jayanth (TN) 8-1; J.S. Arun Raj (TN) bt Raghav Simhan (TN) 8-3; Siddarth Dabrai (Kar) bt R.P. Suraj (Kar) 8-6; Anirudh Puranic (Kar) bt Anthony Savio (Kar) 8-6; Kashyap Ashok (Kar) bt Arjun Mohan (TN) 8-0; Subhash Koushik (TN) bt Sai Reddy (TN) 8-6.

Important results: Girls under-16 singles: First round: Amla Amul (Kar) bt Reshma V (Kar) 8-2; Vidhya Bharath (TN) bt Sneha Susan (Kar) 8-4; R.S. Kavitha (kar) bt Monika Sangani (Guj) 8-7(2); Shruthi Ashok (Kar) bt D. Apoorva (Kar) 8-7(2); T. Vaibhavi (Guj) bt M.R. Subhashini (TN) 8-7(3); Preethi Gokhale (Kar) bt Pooja Patil (Kar) 8-7(4); Rajasri Thota (AP) bt Pravina Gupta (Kar) 8-2.

Girls under-14 singles: Pre-quarterfinals: Preeti Gokhale (Kar) bt Kritika S Raj (Kar) 8-0; Pooja Patil (Kar) bt N. Aishwarya (Goa) 8-2; Preethi Ujjini (Kar) bt T. Vybhav (Guj) 8-4; R.S. Kavitha (Kar) bt S.B. Shruthi (Kar) 8-7(4); Shruthi Ashok (Kar) bt P. Priyanka (Kar) 8-2; Y. Laharishree (Kar) bt T. Rajashri (AP) 8-2; R. Mahashri (Kar) bt V. Keerthana (AP) 8-4; D. Apoorva (Kar) bt M.R. Subhashini (TN) 8-2.

Karnataka State Mini Junior Tennis tourney:

Boys under-12 singles: Pre-quarterfinals: S.D. Prajwal Dev (Kar) bt Surya (Kar) 8-0; Udhay Kumar (Kar) bt Murari S Iyengar 8-7(6); L.D. Hitesh (Kar) bt D.Darshan (Kar) 8-4; Prajwal Kumar (Kar) bt S. Sagar (Kar) 8-5; Venkatakrishnan (TN) bt Narahari (Kar) 8-3; Revanth Kishore bt S. Kishen (Kar) 8-2; Suraj R Prabodh (Kar) bt S. Nirnay (Kar) 8-0; M.S. Rakshith (Kar) bt Shobith (Kar) 8-1.

Girls under-12: Semifinals: S.P. Ritu (Kar) bt Nazareen (Kar) 8-1; Dimple Verma (Kar) bt V. Abhilasha (Kar) 8-4; M.A. Chaya (Kar) bt B. Preeti (Kar) 8-4; T.G. Janani (TN) bt Sahana Srinivasan (Kar) 8-7(5).

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