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Vikas Hansoge humbles Ganga Singh

Mysore: Unseeded Vikas Hansoge, a product of the Mysore Tennis Club (Mysore) registered an upset 6-0, 6-0 win over fourth seed Ganga Singh of Karnataka and entered the quarterfinals in the boys under-16 singles in the AITA Talent Series Tennis tournament for juniors (boys & girls) here on Wednesday.

Seeded players C.M. Kiran, Rohit Srinath and S. Karan registered easy wins in the boys’ under-16 singles. In the girls’ under-16 singles pre-quarterfinals, unseeded Nikitha Telkhar of Kensri School (Bangalore) scored an upset win over fifth-seeded Preethi Gokhale 7-6(7), 6-7(4), 6-1.

In the girls’ under-12 singles, unseeded Shloka Kumar shocked fourth seed Ashwini Suresh of Tamil Nadu 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 to enter the semifinals.

The results: Boys: U-16 singles: Pre-quarterfinals: C.M. Kiran (Kar) bt Y.B. Vinay (Kar) 6-3, 6-2; Suraj R. Prabodh (Kar) bt B. Harshavardhan (Kar) 6-2, 6-4; Vikas Hansoge (Kar) bt Ganga Singh (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; S. Raghavendra (Kar) bt S. Kishen (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; M. Jayanth Jayaraman (Kar) bt Mahesh A. Bhatija (Kar) 6-7(2), 6-1, 7-5; Rohit Srinath (Kar) bt M. Shahbaaz (Kar) 6-1, 6-3; S. Karan (Kar) bt Pruthvika Nagaraj (Kar) 6-2, 6-4; Rohit R. Gowda (Kar) bt K. Basavaraj (Kar) 7-6(5), 3-6, 6-4.

U-12 singles: Quarterfinals: Jude raymond (AP) bt M.S. Rakshith (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; Rohith R. Gowda (Kar) bt I. Akhil (TN) 6-4, 6-0; Jayanth J. Jaytaraman (TN) bt Udhay Kumar (TN) 6-2, 6-2; Suraj R. Prabodh (Kar) bt Nikki Poonacha (Kar) 6-3, 6-1.

Girls: U-16 singles: Pre-quarterfinals: U.M. Shalaka (Kar) bt Akshaya Chandran (TN) 6-2, 6-2; S. Swetha (TN) bt R.C. Nupur (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; P. Sindoora (AP) bt Roma Chandiran (TN) 6-0, 6-0; Nikitha Telkhar (Kar) bt Preethi Gokhale (Kar) 7-6(7), 6-7(4), 6-1; Druthi Venugopal (Kar) bt S.S. Deepika (TN) 6-0, 6-1; S.P. Ritu (Kar) bt Amulya (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; P. Sudheera (AP) bt J. Amoolya (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Rachana R. Gowda (Kar) bt C. Varunya (Kar) 6-0, 6-1.

U-12 singles: Quarterfinals: Druthi T. Venugopal (Kar) bt Nikitha Telkar (Kar) 6-1, 7-5; S.P. Ritu (Kar) bt J. Amoolya(Kar) 6-0, 6-1; Shloka Kumar (Kar) bt Ashwini Suresh (TN) 6-3, 2-6, 7-5; S.S. Deepika (Kar) bt S.Swetha (TN) 6-2, 6-0. — Our Correspondent

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