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Archana upsets Shalaka

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Mysore: Seventh seeded L.S. Archana of Karnataka playing a consistent baseline game registered a upset 6-2, 7-6(11) win over third-seeded Statemate U.M. Shalaka in the girls' under-16 quarterfinals of the MTA-MTC AITA championship series tennis tournament for juniors at the MTC courts here on Tuesday.

In the boys' under-16 section, top-seed Vinod Gowda of Karnataka registered a 7-6(4), 6-2 win over fifth Vishwanath Sawadi to sail into the semifinals.

In the boys' under-14 singles, third-seeded R. Vigneshwaran (Tamil Nadu) staved off the challenge from Andhra's S.M. Abdullah 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 and entered the semifinals.

In the girls' under-14 singles, unseeded S. Swetha of Tamil Nadu registered a 6-4, 6-3 win over R. Mahashri and entered the last four stage.

The results:

Boys under-16 singles: Quarterfinals: Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt Vishwanath Sawadi (Kar) 7-6 (4), 6-2.

Pre-quarterfinals: (best of 17 games): Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt Avinash R Sai (TN) 9-2; Vishwanath Sawadi (Kar) bt Harish Ramakrishnan (TN) 9-1; Acharaya Bharadwaj (AP) bt Surjeet Singh (Kar) 9-7; Rohit Srinath (Kar) bt C.M. Kiran (Kar) 9-7; Md. Ashraf (TN) bt R. Vigneshwaran (TN) 9-8 (7-4); Chirag S Igoor (Kar) bt S. Karan (Kar) 9-4; S.Raghavendra (Kar) bt Pyara Singh (Kar) 9-8 (4); Alla Srikar (AP) bt Ganga Singh (Kar) 9-1.

Boys under-14 singles: quarterfinals: R. Vigneshwaran (TN) bt S.M. Abdullah (AP) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; Acharaya Bharadwaj (AP) bt R. Sai Avinash (TN) 7-6 (4), 7-5; Alla Srikar (AP) bt Y. Sriman (AP) 6-0, 6-1.

Pre-quarterfinals: Vinod Gowda (Kar) bt Venkatesh Krishnan (TN) 9-3; S. Karan (Kar) bt Suraj R Prabodh (Kar) 9-2; S.M. Abdullah (AP) bt Rishab Agarwal (AP) 9-4; R. Vigneshwaran (TN) bt Ritwik Anand (TN) 9-2; Acharaya Bharadwaj (AP) bt Kahaan Vasa (Guj) 9-0; Avinash R Sai (TN) bt Alla Abhishek (AP) 9-6; Y.Sriman (AP) bt B. Sai Reddy (AP) 9-5; Alla Srikar (AP) bt Sabareesh Hariharan (TN) 9-2.

Girls under-16 singles: quarterfinals: L.S. Archana (Kar) bt U.M. Shalaka (Kar) 6-2, 7-6 (13-11).

Pre-quarterfinals: Rachana R Gowda (Kar) bt Pooja R Patil (Kar) 9-6; Likitha Shetty (Kar) bt Aishwarya Nunes (Goa) 9-4; L.S. Archana (Kar) bt Surya Suresh (Kar) 9-3; U.M. Shalaka (Kar) bt Vaibhavi S Trivedi (Guj) 9-2; Likitha Devaraj (Kar) bt Amala Amul Warrik (Kar) 9-3; Preeti Ujjaini (Kar) bt Tani Nath (AP) 9-3; Spoorthi S (Kar) bt Maya Mahalingam (TN) 9-8 (2); A.K. Padmapriya (Kar) bt VK.C. Vishesh (AP) 9-3.

Girls under-14 singles: quarterfinals: S. swetha (TN) bt R. Mahashri (TN) 6-4, 6-3; Alla Mrinalini (AP) bt Preeti Ujjaini (Kar) 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

Pre-quarterfinals: Preeti Ujjaini (kar) bt Likitha Shetty (Kar) 9-4; Alla Mrinalini (AP) bt Vaibhavi Trivedi (Guj) 9-5; S. Swetha (TN) bt Y. Laharishree (Kar) 9-4; Mahashri (TN) bt Dhruthi T Venugopal (Kar) 9-2; V.K.C. Vishesh (AP) bt Rajeshri Thota (Kar) 9-0; Surya Suresh (Kar) bt A.Amala (AP) 9-2; Pooja R Patil (kar) bt Apeksha V Raker (Kar) 9-4; Spoorthi S (Kar) bt Maya Mahalingam (TN) 9-5.

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