Hyderabad, May 18:
In two minor upsets, 13th seed Rishil Gupta and 12th seed K Ananya Reddy defeated higher ranked players to enter the quarterfinals of the AITA Talent Series Junior Ranking Tennis Tournament-2014 for Under-14 boys and girls, under the auspices of Surya Tennis Foundation, at Pallavi School playground in Bowenpally here today. Playing her pre-quarterfinal match with vigour, Ananya posted a facile 8-4 win over fifth seeded Lipika Muramulla while Rishil held onto his own with a hard-fought 8-7 (6) win over eighth seeded Raghava C Gannavarapu to make it to the boy’s last eight. The Results Pre-quarterfinals-Boys: Thota Pratheek (1) bt Iqbal
Mohammed Khan (9) 8-5; Rishil Gupta (13) bt Raghava C Gannavarapu (8) 8-7 (6); Amaan Ayub Khan (3) bt Lanka Suhit Reddy 8-6; M Varun Kumar (14) bt Chinta Pranav Reddy 8-6; Harshit Kosaraju (6) bt Anne Aakash 8-3; Sikka Sanchit (4) bt Salil Dandriyal 8-0; Vallabhaneni Preetham (5) bt Nakhare Yadhodhan (15) 8-3; V Krishna Sai (2) bt Vardhan Lokaditya Siram 8-4. Girls: B Srivalli Rashmika (1) bt M Vineetha (9) 8-5; K Ananya Reddy (12) bt Lipika Muramulla (5) 8-4; D Sunskiriti (10) bt Sonali Jaiswal 8-1; P Lasya (6) bt K Avantika Reddy 8-7 (5); Pracha Nidhi A bt Rayarala Sanjana 8-7 (5); Maanya Vishwanath (4) bt M Sheetal Yadav 8-1; Bipasha Mehn (14) bt M Sahithi Reddy (7) w/o; KNVGL Aishwarya (2) bt Smrithi Bhasin (16) 8-2. (UNI)
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