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Mathew in semifinals

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Mathew T. Lathra of Kerala moved into the semifinals in the boys’ under-14 section of the AITA National-ranking junior talent series tennis tournament at the TTC courts on Wednesday.

Mathew defeated teammate Mohammed Hamraz 6-3, 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Rohit R. Gowda and Jayanth Jayaraman also entered the semifinals in the under-14 section.

The semifinalists in the boys’ under-12 section were spotted with Jayanth Jayaraman, Arjun Patnaik, M.S. Rakshit and Prajwal Dev making the grade.

In girls’ section, Kerala’s Sneha Susan Thomas moved into the semifinals in the under-14 section trouncing Anjali Jaindhan 6-0, 6-0.

The results: Boys: U-14 (quarterfinals): Mathew T. Lathra (Ker) bt Mohammed Hamraz (Ker) 6-3, 6-4; Rohit R. Gowda (AP) bt Arjun Patnaik (AP) 6-1, 6-3; Jayanth Jayaraman (TN) bt H. Suraj (Ker) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Jayanth Jayaraman (TN) / Mathew T. Lathra (Ker) bt Harishankar Pyarelal / Amir Soharab (Ker) 6-1, 6-0; Sachin Vinoth / Jaikrishan R. Nath (Ker) bt Sajid Ur Rahman / Bhupa Raju (AP) 6-1, 5-7, 10-8; Aqueel Faheem / Kaamil Faheem (Ker) bt M. Krishna Chaithanya / Arjun Patnaik 6-2, 6-1; H. Suraj / Mohammed Hamraz (Ker) bt Navneeth Ajith / Karthik (Ker) 6-3, 6-1.

U-12 (quarterfinals): Jayanth Jayaraman bt B.R. Nikshep (Kar) 6-3, 7-5; Arjun Patnaik (AP) bt Bhupal Raju (AP) 7-6, 7-5; M.S. Rakshit (Kar) bt Maka Krishna Chaithanya (AP) 6-3, 6-1; Prajwal Dev (Kar) bt Revanth Kishorekumar (Ker) 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles (semifinals): Prajwal Dev / M.S. Rakshit (Kar) bt Varun Nair / Revanth Kishorekumar (Ker) 6-1, 6-3; Anirudh Jaindhan / Arjuna Ajaykumar (Ker) bt Karthik / Nikshep (Kar) 6-4, 6-3.

Girls: U-14 (quarterfinals): Devki J. Pande (TN) bt Pragati Nataraj (TN) 6-4, 6-3; A.V. Rithika (Ker) bt Priya Darsini (TN) 6-2, 6-3; Aswini Suresh (TN) bt Ambika J. Pande (TN) 1-6, 6-2, 7-5; Sneha Susan Thomas (Ker) bt Anjali Jaindhan (Ker) 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Aswini Suresh / Priya Darsini (TN) bt Jeriya / Gauthami Devi (Ker) 6-1, 6-0; Amika Pande / Devka Pande (TN) bt Shameema (TN) / Dhaneesa (Ker) 6-0, 6-0; Anjali Jaindhan (Ker) / Pragati Natraj (TN) bt Begum Yasmine (Ker) / Janet Michael (Kar) 6-1, 6-4; Sneha Susan Thomas / A.V. Rithika (Ker) bt Sanjana Rajaram / Sukanya Venugopal (Ker) 6-0, 6-0.

U-12 (quarterfinals): Aswini Suresh (TN) bt Bhavani Balkumar 6-4, 6-2; Priaya Darsini (TN) bt Begum Yasmine (Ker) 6-2, 6-1; Anjali Jaindhan (Ker) bt Shameema (TN) 4-6, 7-5; 7-6; Pragati Natraj (TN) bt A.V. Rithika (Ker) 6-2, 6-4.

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