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This is an archive article published on October 23, 2013

Digvijay stuns 2nd seed,enters QF

Digvijay Pratap Singh scored an upset victory over second seed Parikshit Somani.

Unseeded Digvijay Pratap Singh scored an upset victory over second seed Parikshit Somani to advance to the under-14 boys’ quarter-finals in the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship on Wednesday.

Digvijay won 6-7(3),6-2,6-2 in a hard-fought match that lasted over three hours. The first set went with the serve and in the tie-breaker,Parikshit edged past Digvijay only to see the Chandigarh boy come back strongly in the next two sets.

In the boys under-16 category,top seed B R Nikshep also had to battle hard to make his way in the last eight stage with a 7-6 (5),6-2 win over Delhi boy Kushaan Nath who did not give easy points to his top seed opponent.

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In the quarter-finals,Nikshep will meet Venkata Gnan Paramatmuni who knocked S Sanjeev out 6-3,6-2,while second seed Alex Solanki also made it to the next round after his 6-4,7-5 victory over Shrey Gupta.

Also making it to the quarter-finals were fourth seed Aryan Goveas,who notched up a 6-4,6-2 win over Dhruv Pal,Udayan Bhakar who defeated Nitin Kumar Sinha 7-5,6-2 and third seed Paramveer Singh Bajwa who accounted for Anurag Nenwani 6-3,6-3.

Parikshit Somani,who is unseeded in the boys’ under-16,entered the quarterfinal by defeating Gokul Suresh 6-4,6-7(5),6-4. In the boys under-14,top seed Sumit Pal Singh also marched into the last eight stage with a 6-2,6-1 win over Saurav Kalkal,while third seed Nitin Kumar Sinha shut the door on Himanshu Mor 6-1,6-2.

Iska advances<\b>

In the girls under-16,top seed Akshara Iska demolished Aarushi Kakkar 6-1,6-3,while second seed Zeel Desai and third seed Vanshika Sawhney had an easy passage into the quarter-finals with a 6-0,6-2 won over Sathwika Sama and 6-1,6-0 win over Priyana Kalita.

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In the girls under 14,top seed Zeel Desai beat Sarah Dev 61,62 to sail into the quarterfinals.

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