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Abinkka shocks Praneeta

BANGALORE: Unseeded R. Abinkka of Karnataka shocked the top seed C.S. Praneeta of Tamil Nadu 3-6, 6-0, 10-8 (super tie-break) and entered the girls' under-14 singles quarterfinals in the KSLTA-AITA Champion Series junior tennis tournament here on Tuesday.

In another upset, Tanvi Bhat prevailed over the third seed Nupur Umashankar 4-6,6-3,10-7.

In the boys' section, local lad B.R. Nikshep entered the quarterfinals in both under-12 and 14 singles.

The results (pre quarter-finals):

Boys: Under-12: B.R. Nikshep bt Risihi Reddy 4-0, 4-0; Varun Venkat bt Anish Mohan 4-1, 4-0 ; Vignesh bt Dhanjay Vikram 4-0, 3-4, 10-7 (super tie-break); Surya Prasad bt Preeth Kumar 0-4, 4-1, 12-10; Manish bt Pranasha 1-4, 4-3, 10-8; Bharath bt Karthik 4-0, 4-0; C. Vasisht bt Anirudh 4-1, 4-0.

Under-14: S.L. Balaji bt Andrew K.Jose 6-1, 7-5; Nikhil Kannan bt R. Ravi 6-1, 6-2; Akhil bt Shri Saravan 6-1, 6-1; C. Vasisht bt Anirudh 6-0, 6-4; M. Arjun bt Naithrav 6-1, 6-1; Evans Mirajkar bt R. Prateek 6-2, 6-2; B.R. Nikshep bt B. Mayur 6-3, 6-3.

Girls: Under-14: R. Abbinka bt C.S. Praneeta 3-6, 6-0, 10-8; Saranya bt Shikha Singh 6-1, 6-2; Tanvi Bhat bt Nupur Umashankar 4-6, 6-3, 10-7; Reshma bt Abhipsha Rath 2-6, 6-3, 10-6 .

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