Kartiki stuns top seed

CHENNAI, AUGUST 24: Top two seeds in the boys and girls, Vikrant Sane of Maharashtra and Sania Mirza AP respectively, U-14 sections f...

CHENNAI, AUGUST 24: Top two seeds in the boys and girls, Vikrant Sane of Maharashtra and Sania Mirza AP respectively, U-14 sections fought back from a one-set loss to register victories in first round matches of the AITA-Mini-Sub Junior Tennis Tournament here today. While top seed Sane beat state-mate Krishne Tanna 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 in the boys singles, Mirza defeated S Gangotri also AP 6-3, 2-6, 6-0 in the girls main draw which was affected by a sudden downpour, forcing rescheduling of matches. However, sixth seed Nivedita Venkatesh TN was upset by Maharashtra8217;s Kartiki Bhat 1-6, 0-6 in the girls.

Results 1st round

Boys Singles under-14: Vikrant Sane Mah bt Krishna Tanna Mah 3-6 6-0 6-2; M Vinod TN bt Divij Sharan Del 6-1 4-6 6-2; Surya Charan AP bt LS Anantha Bhaskar TN 6-3 6-7 4-7 6-4; Karan Rastogi Mah bt Jai Mehta Mah 6-3 6-4; V Vignesh AP bt Vijaya Kedarnath Kar 6-0 6-2; Sujay Mahadevan Mah bt R Vasudevan TN 6-0 6-3; D Rohit Raju Del bt Vibore SinghTN 6-0 6-3; Vikram Aditya Menon TN bt K Amaresh AP 6-2 6-0; Saurabh Kohli Mah bt Somdeep Appineni AP 6-4 7-5; Samrat Ghosh Ben bt K Arun Karthik TN 7-5 6-1; Somdev Varman TN bt Arjun Vijayaraghavan AP 6-3 6-1; Chatwinder Singh Chd bt Sujay V Reddy Kar 6-3 5-7 7-1; P Vikas AP bt S Kishore TN 7-5 6-3; VM Ranjeet TN bt Mayur S Patil Kar 3-6 6-2 6-3; R Arun Prakash TN bt MV Abhay Prakash Kar 6-2 6-1.

Girls singles u-14: Sania Mirza AP bt S Gangotri AP 6-3 2-6 6-0; Maithiri Jagannath Kar bt M Kamini TN 7-5 6-0; Parul Goswami Del bt Fathima Baig TN 6-3 5-7 6-2; Krushmi Chedda Mah bt Anuja Parekh Mah 6-2 6-0; Sanaa Bhambri Del bt K Pooja AP 6-3 6-0; S Marutha Devi TN bt Mega Pannganti AP 6-2 6-1; SL Manasa AP bt Iciri Rai Kar 6-3 6-3; Saranya Pattabi TN bt Shraddha Lodha Mah 6-3 7-5; Sandra Sasidharan Ker bt Oormila Ram AP 6-1 6-3; Akshantha Kar bt S Preethi TN 6-3 6-1; Priyanka Parekh Ben bt Vandana Murali TN 6-3 6-2; AnkitaBhambri Del bt Naina Karsolia UP 6-4 6-1; Kartiki Bhat Mah bt Nivedita Venkatesh TN 6-1 6-0; Tara iyer Del bt Manjusha K Rao AP 7-5 6-2; Negha Singh Chd bt Pooja Shetty Kar 6-4 6-4; Isha Lakhani Mah bt Bhavana AP 6-1 6-1.