*Top seed Nishant Kumar defeated Achint Bhat 7-3 in a best-of-13 games contest to enter the under-14 boys' singles semifinals of the True Bounce - AITA Talent Series junior tennis championship at the TBTA courts here on Wednesday. *
Rahul Shankar and Anirudh Murthy also advanced to the semifinals. Shankar got a walk over from Swastik while Murthy got the better of CH Arjun 7-6 (7-3).
Results (Quarterfinals): Boys' singles: U-14: Nishant Kumar bt Achint Bhat 7-3; Rahul Shankar w-o Swastik; Anirudh Murthy bt CH Arjun 7-6 (7-3).
U-12: S Deepak bt S Saran 4-1, 4-0; Varun Vaiko Durai bt Sandesh K 4-0, 4-0; Arjun Sriram bt PN Prasanna 4-2, 4-0; Karthikeyan Ravi bt S Bhupathi 2-4, 5-3, 10-4.
Girls' singles: U-14: Yubarani Banerjee bt Sonashi Bhatnagar 7-2; Bhakti Shah bt Chaitali A Narde 7-4.
U-12: Narayana Prathiba bt Bhakti Shah 4-2, 4-1; Shrivalli Rashimika bt Parvi Patil 4-1, 5-3; Annika Kannan bt Bala Gayathri Snigdha 4-1, 7-5; Prarthana Prabhakar bt Sanya Singh 4-2, 4-2. Reported by Deccan Herald 3 hours ago.
Rahul Shankar and Anirudh Murthy also advanced to the semifinals. Shankar got a walk over from Swastik while Murthy got the better of CH Arjun 7-6 (7-3).
Results (Quarterfinals): Boys' singles: U-14: Nishant Kumar bt Achint Bhat 7-3; Rahul Shankar w-o Swastik; Anirudh Murthy bt CH Arjun 7-6 (7-3).
U-12: S Deepak bt S Saran 4-1, 4-0; Varun Vaiko Durai bt Sandesh K 4-0, 4-0; Arjun Sriram bt PN Prasanna 4-2, 4-0; Karthikeyan Ravi bt S Bhupathi 2-4, 5-3, 10-4.
Girls' singles: U-14: Yubarani Banerjee bt Sonashi Bhatnagar 7-2; Bhakti Shah bt Chaitali A Narde 7-4.
U-12: Narayana Prathiba bt Bhakti Shah 4-2, 4-1; Shrivalli Rashimika bt Parvi Patil 4-1, 5-3; Annika Kannan bt Bala Gayathri Snigdha 4-1, 7-5; Prarthana Prabhakar bt Sanya Singh 4-2, 4-2. Reported by Deccan Herald 3 hours ago.