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Rohit and Abrar score upset wins

Mysore: Lowly ranked local lad Rohit R. Gowda and Tamil Nadu’s unseeded Md. Abrar registered upset wins over third seeded Prajwal Dev 6-4, 6-4 and second seeded Anirudh Puranik 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the boys’ u-16 and u-14 singles on the opening day of the AITA Talent Series tournament for juniors at MTC and Raghuveer Tennis Club’s courts here on Monday.

The results: Boys: Singles: U-16: S. Karan (Kar) bt Mahesh A. Bhatija ( Kar) 6-0, 6-0; Rohan Goankar (Kar) bt Suraj R. Prabodh (Kar) 7-5, 2-6, 6-1; Kashyap Ashok (Kar) bt Pawan C. (Kar) 6-4, 6-4; Anirudh Puranik (Kar) bt M.D. Akash (Kar) 6-2, 6-4; B. Kaushal bt S. Kishen 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; M.S. Rakshith bt Nihal Aga 1-6, 6-3, 6-0; Hemanth Kumar bt Sujith Roy 6-2, 6-0; Aditya Bhat bt R.K. Santhosh 6-2, 6-3; S. Raghavendra bt Sachin Antony 6-1, 6-2; Nikhil Reddy bt Venkataraman 6-3, 6-2.

Boys: Singles: U-14: Kashyap Ashok bt Harsh Manjunath 7-6(1), 6-2: K. Rajagopal bt Akshay Suresh 6-3, 6-0: Nihal Agha bt M.S. Rakshith 2-6, 7-6(3), 6-0; Nikhil Reddy bt K. Balaji 6-0, 6-0; Bharath Y. bt Nithin Reddy 6-1, 7-6(2); S. Kishen bt V. Sriram 6-0, 6-0: Mahesh Bhatija bt R. Shashank 6-0, 6-2; Suraj bt Nikhil 6-0, 6-1; S.D. Prajwal Dev bt Sujith Roy 6-1, 6-0; Md. Abrar bt Anirudh Puranik 6-3, 6-4.

Girls: Singles: U-14: Pre-quarterfinals: S.P. Ritu bt Krtutika Jain 6-1, 6-0; T.M. Priyadarshini bt Kavya N. Kumar 6-1, 6-1; Aswini bt Uttara 6-0, 6-2; Tarini bt Sanjana 6-2, 6-3; Varunya bt Kruthi 6-4, 6-3; Yamini bt Amoolya 7-5, 6-2. Girls: Singles: U-16: First round: Priyadarshini bt Kavya 6-1, 6-3; Kruthika bt Nithya 6-1, 6-2; Aswini bt Nidhithra 6-0, 6-1; Kavitha bt Uttara 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-4.

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