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Three seeds crash out

Bangalore: Three seeds went out of the boys’ under-14 singles of the KIMS–AITA Talent Series junior tennis championship here on Tuesday. Suraj Prabodh beat the second seed Anirudh Purnaik 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Evan Mirajkar beat the fifth seed Sarath Siddarth 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-2 while the sixth seed Rohit Joseph went down to Antony Savio 3-6, 4-6.

The results: Pre-quarterfinals (All from Karnataka unless specified): Boys: Singles: U-14: Kashyap Ashok bt Harsh Manjunath 6-3, 7-5; Anotny Savio bt Rohit Joseph 6-3, 6-4; Nikhil Reddy bt Dhananjay Dhruv (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Evans Mirajkar bt Sarath Siddarth (TN) 6-7(7), 6-4, 6-2; Md. Abrar (TN) bt B.R. Nikshep 6-1, 6-1; Rohit Sarwate bt Uday Kumar 4-6, 7-5, 6-1; Suraj R. Prabodh bt Anirudh Puranik 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Singles: U-18: V. Sudarshan (TN) bt S. Raghavendra 6-0, 7-5; S. Karan bt Madhav Murthy 6-4, 6-4; Uttam Singh bt Anirudh Puranik 6-3, 6-0; Rashien Samuel bt Ajinkya Pawar (Mah) 6-3, 7-5; Siram Gautham bt Surjit Singh 6-3, 6-3.

Girls: Singles: U-14: Preethi Gokhale bt Swetha Samuel 6-2, 6-3; Shreya Mahadevan bt Anchal Nachani 6-1, 6-1; S.P. Ritu bt Swathi Kumar 7-5, 6-1; Aditi Shetty bt Tanya Singh 6-1, 6-3; Anina Simon bt Nupur 1-6, 6-1, 6-3; Ashwini Suresh bt Aswathi 6-0, 6-3; Preethi Ujjini bt Uttara Krishanakumar 6-1, 6-1.

Singles: U-18: Padmapriya bt Ashwini Suresh 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Vidya Bharath bt Nupur 6-3, 7-5; Likitha Devaraj bt Shina (AP) 6-2, 6-2; Preethi Ujjini bt S.P. Ritu 6-0, 6-1; Ravina Shetty bt Aditi Shetty 6-3, 6-4; Rachana Gowda bt Swathi Kumar 6-2, 6-1. — Special Correspondent

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