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Akash puts out Prajwal in straight sets

MADURAI: L. Akash scored an upset 6-3, 6-0 win over top seed Prajwal Dev and advanced to the boys’ under-14 singles quarterfinals of the R. Ramachandran Memorial AITA junior championship series tennis tournament here on Tuesday.

Important results (TN unless mentioned):

Boys (pre-quarterfinals): U-16: Subash Kaushik bt Deva Bharathi Michael 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-2; Siddharth Sarthak bt Jeyanth Jeyaraman 6-0, 6-4; Prajwal Dev (Kar) bt Kashyap (Kar) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6(0); I.B. Akshay bt S. Kishen 6-2, 6-2; Harsha Manjunath bt Nipun Bajaj 7-6(4), 6-3; Nikki K. Poonacha bt H. Suraj 6-1, 6-0; B.T. Siddharth Reddy bt Antony Savio 6-1, 6-0; Aamir Sohrab bt Venkata N Ramanan 6-1, 6-0.

U-14: L. Akash bt Prajwal Dev (Kar) 6-3, 6-0; Akshay bt Ashwin Ram 6-1, 6-1; Jayanth Jeyaraman bt Ramanathan Parikshith 6-1, 7-6(2); S. Kishan (Kar) bt Ahamed Mubarak 6-2, 6-3; B. Pranash bt Gokul 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(8); S.L. Balaji bt Rahul Manoh 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Advaith Chakravarthi bt Arjun Ramakrishnan 7-6(5), 6-2; Akhil bt Nipun Bajaj 7-5, 6-0.

Girls (first round): U-14: Deepika Senthilkumar bt T.G. Janani 6-0, 6-2; A. Shameema bt A.V. Arthi 6-0, 6-0; Moulika Ram bt Shobika 6-1, 6-3; Madumitha Meenakshi bt Ilakya (P’cherry) 6-2, 6-1; Reshma Ganapathy bt Suma Priyanka 6-1, 6-1.

M.G. Shruthi bt Shanmuga Priyadarshini 6-1, 6-2; T.M. Priyadarshini bt Nidarshni 6-2, 6-4; Anjali Jaindhan bt G.S. Vasavi 6-0, 6-3; Shaleema Salim bt Nisha Shenoy 6-0, 6-0; Abhipsa Rath bt Honeyshya Raj 6-3, 6-0; Kavya Balasubramanian bt Diana Abi 7-5, 7-6(4).
St. Peter’s advances

St. Peter’s CC defeated Premier CC by 55 runs and entered the quarterfinals in the Venhu Trophy State-level Twenty20 cricket tournament in Ramanathapuram on Tuesday.

The scores (first round): St. Peter’s CC 160 for four in 20 overs (Mohammed Raffick 49, M. Abdur Rahim 47 n.o., T. Thirumalairaj 24, Yuvaraj two for 18) bt Premier CC 105 for seven in 20 overs (Sathyamoorthy 31, Manivel 24, P.N. Bhaskaran two for 14, Mohammed Raffick two for 11, P. Krishnamurthy two for 25).

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