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Prem Kumar stuns Om Dalvi, enters last eight

BANGALORE: J. Thomas Prem Kumar of Tamil Nadu pulled off the first upset of the tournament when he knocked out the fourth-seeded Om Dalvi of Maharashtra 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 and entered the boys’ under-18 singles quarterfinals of the AITA Champion Series (under-18 & under-16) junior tennis championship here on Tuesday.

Prem Kumar was joined in the last eight by Rashien Samuel, who defeated Monish Rajer of Tamil Nadu 6-2, 6-1, and the top seed Saurabh Dilip Patel. The latter accounted for Rohan Gaonkar 6-3, 6-3.

Patel also defeated Rohan Gaonkar in the under-16 event 7-6(3), 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals.

Preethi progresses

In the girls’ section, the local girl Preethi Gokhale entered the quarterfinals of both the under-18 and under-16 sections.

The results (pre-quarterfinals):

Boys: Under-18: Saurabh Dilip Patel (Mah) bt Rohan Gaonkar 6-3, 6-3; Rashein Samuel bt Monish Rajer (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Nikhil Reddy bt Manab Kumar Chakma (Mah) 7-5, 7-6(4); Nikhil Prasad bt Surjeet Singh 6-1, 6-3; Prem Singh bt Ayush Dhrew 6-4, 6-1; J. Thomas Premkumar (TN) bt Om Dalvi (Mah) 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Sagar Manjunath bt Vishwanath Savadi 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Yeshwanth Nadella (AP) bt Pratik Chakma (Mah) 6-1, 6-1.

Under-16: Saurabh Dilip Patel bt Rohan Gaonkar 7-6(3), 6-2; B. Sai Reddy bt Sarthak Siddarth (TN) 6-0, 6-4; Sabareesh Hariharan bt L.D. Hitesh 6-4, 6-2; Yash Deshpande bt Sangram Kotwal 6-2, 6-2; Monish Rajer bt Aniruddh Puranic 6-0, 6-0; Om Dalvi bt R. Harish 6-4, 6-4; Nikhil Reddy bt K. Prateesh 6-2, 6-1.

Girls: Under-18: Rachita Sarda bt Nupur Umashankar 6-1, 6-2; U.M. Shalaka bt Varunya 6-0, 6-1; Nivetha Srinivas bt C.S. Praneeth (TN) 6-3, 6-4; Padma Priya bt Arundathi Basu 6-2, 6-1; Pamir Gogoi bt R. Binu (TN) 6-1, 6-3; Nimisha Mohan bt Neena Reddy (TN) 6-2, 6-3; Preethi Gokhale bt Preethi Ujjini 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; T.G. Sangeetha (TN) bt Priyanka Rawat 6-4, 6-4.

Under-16: Preeti Ujjini bt Maya Mahalingam (TN) 6-1, 6-2; S.P. Ritu bt Pallavi Krishnaraj (TN) 6-2, 6-0; Sanya Sinha bt Syeda Rehnuma (AP) 6-2, 7-5; Preethi Gokhale bt Disha Satish Agarwal (Del) 6-1, 6-0; Ruchita Ugalmugle bt Divika Kumar 6-2, 6-3; K. Sangita bt Priyanka Rawai (Asm) 7-5, 6-4; A. Ankitha bt Manisha (TN) 6-3, 6-2; Neena Reddy (TN) bt C. Taarani 6-0, 6-0. — Special Correspondent

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