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Likhita in last four

HYDERABAD, JULY 8. Likhita Devaraj of Karnataka defeated Pallavi Krishna Raj of Andhra Pradesh 9-1 in the girls under-12 singles quarterfinals of the all-India Nutrine-Naturo sub-junior tennis tournament for boys and girls being held at SAAP Tennis Complex (Fateh Maidan) here today.

The results:

Boys: Under-14: Singles: Abhijeet Tiwari (Cg) bt Yeshwant Nadella (AP) 6-3, 6-1, Ronak Manuja (Mah) bt Christopher Marcus (Mah) 7-5, 2-6, 6-4; Akash Wagh (Mah) bt Mandeep Yadav (Chd) 6-0, 6-1; Mansingh Athare (Mah) bt Sameer Paranjpe (Mah) 6-2, 7-6(7-3); B. Vikram Reddy (AP) bt A.N. Mudappa (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Mikhail Shetty (Kar) bt Arul Selvan (AP) 6-2, 6-2; Daniel Raj (AP) bt Sohan Dalbanjan (Mah) 5-3 (conceded); Vinay Kamineni (AP) bt Sumeet Shinde (Mah) 6-4, 6-0.

Under-12: Quarterfinals: Rishab Dev bt Sumeet Shinde (Mah) 9-7; Menta Gopinath (AP) bt S. Kaushik Reddy (AP) 9-2; Jugal A. Markatia (Mah) bt S.V. Abhishek (AP) 9-3; Arjav Hansoti (Guj) bt Mohit Mayur (TN) 9-6.

Girls: Under-12: Singles: Quarterfinals: Likhita Devraj (Kar) bt Pallavi Krishna Raj (AP) 9-1; Y.P. Aishwarya (AP) bt Neha Purohit (AP) 9-2; Rishika Sunkara (Dli) bt M. Divija (AP) 9-7; Aishwarya Srivastava (Mah) bt V. Pushpahasa Reddy (AP) 9-0.

Under-14: Singles: Pre-quarterfinals: Swetha Kumari (Dli) bt Vasumati Chalasani (AP) 6-0, 6-0; M. Mohana Sai (AP) bt V. Nayantara (AP) 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; Likhita Devaraj (Kar) bt Pallavi Krishna Raj (AP) 6-4, 6-4; Divija Mandava (AP) bt B. Sai Pujitha (AP) 6-3, 7-5; Aishwarya Srivastava (Mah) bt J. Keerthana Reddy (AP) 6-3, 6-0; Unnati Purushotham (AP) bt Y.P. Aishwarya (AP) 6-1, 6-4; Rishika Sunkara (Dli) bt Henna Ahuja (WB) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3; G. Janaki S.Rao (AP) bt Shivani Singh (AP) 6-3, 6-1.

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