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Saharsh stuns Anurag

By Our Sports Reporter

HYDERABAD MAY 21. Lucky loser B. Saharsh Reddy of Andhra Pradesh, shocked seventh-seeded and Statemate V.V. Anurag 6-4, 6-4 in the boys' under-14 singles first round of the AITA South Zone junior tennis tournament for boys and girls (under-14 & 16 years) being organised by Tennis Players Parents Association and sponsored by T.L. Prasad Foundation at the Hyderabad Public School (Begumpet) here today.

A visibly, complacent Anurag paid a heavy price against an opponent who had very little at stake. In a way, the unassuming Saharsh just played his normal game rallying well, interspersing with a precise backhand return down the line.

On the other hand, Anurag's backhand let him down badly and he had also to his credit four double-faults.

In the girls' under-16 singles first round, qualifier Afreen Jahan of Andhra Pradesh surprised seventh-seeded E. Ashmita of Tamil Nadu 6-4, 6-4.

The results:

Boys: under-14: 1st round: Ajesh Anthati bt M. Gopinath 7-5, 6-1; Kartik Desai bt Manish Rao 6-3, 6-3; Siddarth Alapati bt Kaustab Inamdar 2-6, 6-2, 6-3; K. Aditya bt Ankesh Bhargava 7-6 (7-5), 6-2; B. Saharsh Reddy bt V.V. Anurag 6-4, 6-4; Dhruv Chadda bt Hitesh C. Ram 6-2, 6-2; Masher Vasawani bt U. Raghavan 6-4, 7-6 (7-5); P. Niroze bt V. Siddarth 6-3, 6-2; Sujit Sachidanand bt S. Bharath 6-4, 6-1; V.S. Srihari bt Mohd. Rasheed 6-3, 7-5; Raghavendra K. Paul bt Vijay Swaroop 7-6 (12-10), 6-3; K.H. Praveen bt B. Vikram Reddy 6-0, 6-1; N.S. Mangal bt B. Santosh 6-2, 6-1; Md. Zubair bt Venkat Kona Rao 6-0, 6-3; P. Ravitej bt P. Akshat 6-4, 6-4; Nityesh Nataraj bt A. Suresh Krishna 6-4, 6-2.

Under-16: Bharath B. Mohan bt P. Joydeep 6-4, 6-2; Nityesh Nataraj bt D. Hitesh C. Ram 6-0, 6-0; Masheer Vaswani bt Farhad Virjee 6-3, 6-4; Ajesh Anthati bt Manish Rao 5-7, 6-3, 6-1; P.C. Vignesh bt Karthik Desai 6-1, 3-6, 6-4; Sujit Sachidanand bt Suraj Bikkanawar 6-2, 6-0; P. Ravitej bt B. Santosh 6-2, 6-0; Ankesh Bhargava bt Vijay Swaroop 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; V.S. Srihari bt P. Niroze 7-6, 5-7, 6-2; K. Arjun Reddy bt Gaurav Sunder 6-3, 6-1; N.S. Mangal bt K.V.C. Murthy 7-5, 6-4; Saket Sai bt Kaustab Inamdar 6-4, 6-1; Siddarth Alapati bt A. Suresh Krishna 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; K.H. Praveen bt V.V. Anurag 6-1, 6-0.

Girls: Under-14: C. Mithileshwari bt M. Divija 4-6, 6-3, 6-0; Nandita Krishnan bt Nikhita Shravan 6-4, 6-3; Gayatri Krishnanbt Kamini Krishna Raj 6-1, 6-0; M. Niroshita bt M. Laxmi Swetha 6-0, 6-1; S. Gangotri bt Sushama Gupta 6-1, 6-0; Sushrutha Reddy bt Divya M. Rao 6-0, 6-0; V. Archana bt Ankita Bhargava 6-0, 6-3; P.V. Rajarajeshwari bt A.Yamini 6-2, 6-3; M.Krushi bt Sai Pujitha 6-0, 6-0; Prerna Mytri bt T. Nilaya 6-4, 6-4; J. Keertana Reddy bt Vasumati 6-1, 2-6, 6-2; Bhavya Desai bt Binitha Parekh 6-3, 6-4; D. Tejeswani bt P. Shravya 6-1, 6-1.

Under-16: S. Gangotri bt Ch. Radhika 6-0, 6-0; J. Mubina bt P.V. Rajarajeshwari 7-6, 6-4; Urmila Ram bt T. Shravya 6-0, 6-0; P. Tejaswini bt Nikhita Sravani 6-2, 6-1; P. Swathi bt V.Archana 6-4, 6-4; Janaki S. Rao bt P. Satya 7-6 (7-4), 6-4; Asha Nanda Kumar bt Sushrutha Reddy 7-5, 6-2; K. Pooja bt Sushma Gupta 6-1, 6-0; Gayathri Krishnan bt Sai Pujita 6-0, 6-0; Unnati Purushotham bt P. Pratyusha 6-1, 6-2; Afreen Jahan bt E. Ashmita 6-4, 6-4.

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