Vivek stuns Amanjot

CHENNAI, AUG 26: Seventh seed Vivek Jhaveri of Maharashtra knocked out top seed Amanjot Singh 6-2 6-3 in a under-16 boys match of the Tex...

CHENNAI, AUG 26: Seventh seed Vivek Jhaveri of Maharashtra knocked out top seed Amanjot Singh 6-2 6-3 in a under-16 boys match of the Tex-Dec AITA-Mini-Sub Junior Open Tennis Championship at the SAF Stadium here on Thursday. Amanjot Singh put up a poor performance to bow out tamely. Chandrasekar Mohanty, the second seed from Delhi, looked impressive in his victory over Arun Prakash 6-3, 6-2. With both looking positive, rallies were short and points were mostly won at the net, for a change. Mohanty’s consistency was too much for the TN youngster.

Megha Vakharia, Isha Lakhani (Maharashtra), T Yamini and Preeti Rao (TN) advanced to the under-16 girls semifinals. Earlier in the morning, second seed Nandita Chandrasekar was surprised by qualifier Radha Devendrappa (Karnataka) 1-6, 2-6 in the pre-quarterfinals of the under-16 girls.

RESULTS (ALL QUARTERFINALS)

Seedings in prefix

Boys (Under-16 QF): 7-Vivek Jhaveri (Mah) bt 1-Amanjot Singh (Chd) 6-2 6-3; 4-Rohan Gajjar (Mah) bt 5-Tejeswar C(Kar) 6-0 6-4; 2-CS Mohanty (Del) bt R Arun Prakash (TN) 6-3 6-2; 3-Jaco T Mathew (TN) bt Dhrub Kumar (WB) 6-4 6-4.

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PQF: 1-Amanjot Singh (Chandigarh) bt Vikrant Sane (Maharashtra) 6-1 6-1; 7-Vivek Jhaveri (Maharashtra) bt Arka Mandal (WB) 6-2 6-2; 4-Rohan Gajjar (Maharashtra) bt Saurabh Sukul (WB) 6-0 6-2. 5-Tejeswar C (Karnataka) bt B Bharathi Das (TN) 7-6 (6) 6-3; R Arun Prakash (TN) bt LL Sujay Mahadevan (Maharashtra) 6-2 6-2; 8-Dhrub Kumar (WB) bt Krishne Tanna (Maharashtra) 6-2 6-2; 3-Jaco T Mathew (TN) bt Gavryl Fernandes (Maharashtra) 6-0 1-6 6-1; 2-CS Mohanty (Delhi) bt Arvind Prakash (TN) 6-4 6-4.

Under-14: 1-Vikrant Sane (Maharashtra) bt 7-Karan Rastogi (Maharashtra) 6-2 6-0; 3-V Vignesh (AP) bt 5-Vikram Aditya Menon (TN) 6-0 6-1; 4-Chatwinder Singh (Chandigarh) bt 6-Saurabh Kohli (Maharashtra) 6-2 6-2; R Arun Prakash (TN) bt 8-Tushar Liberhan (Chandigarh) 6-0 6-2.

Girls U-16: 1-Megha Vakharia (Maharashtra) bt Priyanka Parekh (WB) 6-4 6-4; 8-Isha Lakani (Maharashtra) bt 4-Liza Periera(Maharashtra) 7-6 (2) 6-4; 3-T Yamini (TN) bt 7-Sania Mirza (AP) 7-5 2-6 6-2; Preethi Rao (TN) bt Radha Devendrappa (Karnataka) 6-0 7-5.

Under-14: 1-Sania Mirza (AP) bt 8-Krushmi Chhada (Mah) 7-5 6-3; 4-Sanaa Bhambri (Del) bt 7-Sharanya Pattabi (TN) 6-4 6-1; Priyanka Parekh (WB) bt 5-Sandra Sashidaran (Ker) 6-4 6-1; 2-Isha Lakhani (Mah) bt Karthi Bhat (Mah) 6-1 6-1.