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CHENNAI, SEPT 7: Barring the exit of third seeded Vikram Aditya Menon, other seeded players had a smooth passage into the second round in...

CHENNAI, SEPT 7: Barring the exit of third seeded Vikram Aditya Menon, other seeded players had a smooth passage into the second round in the CATA-AITA Mini/sub-junior tennis championship at the SAF Games stadium today.

In the boys’ under-14, R Preetham Reddy of Andhra Pradesh caused the lone upset of the day winning against Menon in a one-sided match. Reddy, who won the opening set 6-1, conceded just two more games, before winding up the set and match 6-3 to make further progress.

However, it was smooth sailing for top seeded R Arun Prakash of Tamil Nadu who won 6-1, 6-3 against Aditya Madekar of Maharashtra, while second seeded Chatwinder Singh of Chandigarh won 6-2, 6-3 against R Vasudevan of Tamil Nadu.

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All the seeded players in the girls’ uder-14 led by Sania Mirza of Andhra Pradesh and second seeded Isha Lakhani (Maharashtra) won their first round matches to enter the pre-quarterfinals.

RESULTS

Boys under-14 (first round): R Arun Prakash (TN) bt Adithya Madkekar (Mah) 6-1, 6-3; MJaiyakar (TN) bt Arun Karthik (TN) 6-0, 6-3; V M Ranjeet (TN) bt Divij Sharan 6-1, 6-3; Tushar Liberham (Chd) bt Jayanth 6-4, 6-2; Saurab Kohli (Mah) bt Ajay Selvaraj (TN) 7-5, 6-3; Mayur S Patil (Kar) bt K Amrish (AP) 7-5, 7-5; Surya Charan (AP) bt S Kishore (TN) 6-3, 6-3; Somdev Varman (TN) bt Sanjay Salian 6-2, 7-6 (7-2); P Vikas (AP) bt Vijay Victor J (TN) 7-6 (8-6) 6-3; Gurmeet Singh (Chd) bt Vijay Sundar P (TN) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2; Rohit K Raju (AP) bt Manish Kulhary 7-5, 6-4; R Preetham Reddy (AP) bt Vikram A Menon (TN) 6-1, 6-3; Karan Rastogi (Mah) bt Anirudh Swamy (TN) 6-0, 6-0; Aman Jhawar (TN) bt Sujay V Reddy (Kar) 6-4, 6-3; Chatwinder Singh (Chd) bt R Vasudevan (TN) 6-2, 6-3; S N Amrith bt Vijay Kedarnath (Kar) 4-6, 7-5, 7-5.

Girls under-14 (first round): Sania Mirza (AP) bt Divya Vijay Kumar (Kar) 6-0, 6-0; Maitri Jagannath (Kar) bt Spandana Paluri (AP) 6-2, 6-4; Parul Goswami (Del) bt Reenu Jaikumar (Kar) 6-4, 6-2; Sharanya Pattabi (TN) bt K Fatima Baig (TN) 6-1, 6-7, 6-3; Ankita Bhambri(Del) bt Urmila Ram (AP) 6-1, 6-3; Gangothri Sandri (AP) bt Manjusha K Rao (AP) 4-1 (conceded); Karthiki Bhat (Mah) bt K A Swati (TN) 6-1, 6-0; M Kamini (TN) bt Swetha Devaraj (Kar) 6-2, 6-1; Niveditha Venkatesh (TN) bt S Preethi (TN) 6-2, 6-0; Sanaa Bhambri (Del) bt S L Manasa (AP) 6-2, 6-1; S Marutha Devi (TN) bt Poonam Reddy (AP) 6-2, 6-1; Iciri Rai (Kar) bt Anjani Kant (Del) 6-2, 6-3; Akshatha N (Kar) bt K Pooja (AP) 6-0, 4-6, 6-0; Isha Lakhani (Mah) bt Tara Iyer (Del) 6-0, 6-1; Vandana Murali (TN) bt Tharna Nansi (Mah) 6-2, 6-7, 6-1; Noha Singh (Chd) bt Preethi Shravan (AP) 6-3, 7-5.

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