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Thursday, Nov 25, 2004

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Krishik in pre-quarterfinals

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, NOV. 24. Krishik Divakar beat the sixth-seeded H. J. Prajwal 6-3, 0-6, 6-4 and entered the pre-quarterfinals in the boys' under-14 singles event of the AITA Talent Series (u-14 and u-18) championships at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium courts here on Wednesday. Prajwal also lost his match in the boys' under-18 singles.

The results (Singles, first round): Boys: U-14: L. Murtaza (TN) bt Sumukha (Kar) 6-0, 6-1; P. Nitesh (Kar) bt Arvind Kumar (TN) 6-1, 6-0; Vivek Sasidharan bt Deependra (Kar) 6-3, 6-1; Siddhanth (Kar) bt Rohan Gaonkar (Kar) 6-0, 6-1; Ganga Singh (Kar) bt Suresh Sanjay (TN) 6-0, 6-1; Praveen Ramaswamy (Kar) bt Ishwar Prasad (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; Vinayak (AP) bt S. Siddarth (TN) 5-7, 6-2, 6-3; Rashien Samuel (Kar) bt Sujith Samuel (Kar) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2; Kenneth Mirajkar (Kar) bt (Kar) 7-5, 6-1; Varun Gopal (Kar) bt Pyara Singh (Kar) 7-6 (7-3), 6-1; Amogha Prabhakar (Kar) bt Vinod Gowda (Kar) 6-1, 6-3; Krishik Divakar (AP) bt H. J. Prajwal (Kar) 6-3, 0-6, 6-4; V. Pranav (Kar) bt Vijay Raj (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Sharan Patil (Kar) bt Vishnu Jinan (Kar) 7-5, 6-1.

U-18: Jagadeeshan Kumar (Kar) bt Amar Singh (Kar) 7-6 (7-3), 1-6, 6-0; Murtaza bt Santok Singh (Kar) 6-2, 6-0; P. Nitesh bt Rohan Gaonkar 6-1, 6-1; Amogha Pabhakar bt Karan 6-0, 6-0; Yesh Bafna (Kar) bt Krishik Divakar 6-2, 6-3; U. Raghuram (Kar) bt Depeendra 6-0, 6-2; S. Siddarth (TN) bt Saurab (Kar) 6-2, 6-0; Praveen Ramaswamy bt H. J. Prajwal 6-2, 6-2; Abhishek (Kar) bt Sanjay Suresh 6-2, 6-2; Akash Gujarathi (Mah) bt K. Sumkuha (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; K. Raj Koti (AP) bt Vishnu V. Raj (TN) 6-1, 6-1; V. Santosh (Kar) bt V. Pranav (Kar) 6-2, 6-2.

Girls: U-14: Nimisha Mohan (Kar) bt Spoorthi (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; Rachita Sarda (Kar) bt Doondi (AP) 6-3, 6-0; M. P. Nitha bt (Kar) bt Amrutha 6-0, 6-0.

U-18: Lizeth King (Kar) bt Yamini Reddy (Kar) 6-1, 6-0; Doodi bt Aslysha Punja (Kar) 6-1, 6-3; Archana (Kar) bt Sunaina (Asm) 6-2, 7-6(7-2); Sri KumKum (Kar) bt Sanjana (TN) 7-5, 6-0.