Date:21/01/2005 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/21/stories/2005012104602000.htm

Sport - Tennis

Priyank surprises Vishnu Rajam

KOCHI, JAN. 20. Priyank Gangadharan, who moved from Kochi to Chennai two years ago to give his budding tennis career a boost, surprised the tall fourth-seeded Vishnu Rajam 6-3, 7-6 (7-4) in the KRL AITA Junior Super Series all-India under-18 tournament at the Kochi Refineries courts, Ambalamugal, on Thursday.

The results:

Boys' singles quarterfinals: Ankit Patel (Chg) bt Anmol Arora (Raj) 6-1, 6-4; Priyank Gangadharan (TN) bt Vishnu Rajam (TN) 6-3, 7-6 (7-4); V. Vignesh (TN) bt Manish Rao (Kar) 6-2, 6-0; Mangal Sriram (TN) bt Rynold Timothy (Ker) 6-3, 6-3. Doubles quarterfinals: Ankit Patel/Anmol Arora bt Manikandan/I.B. Abhishek 6-4, 7-5; Rynold Timothy/V. Vignesh bt Priyank Gangadharan/Akbar Ali 6-2, 7-5; Nihal Kapoor/Mangal Sriram bt G. Chandu/S.L. Arun 6-3, 7-5; Manish Rao/Vishnu Rajam bt R.Santhosh/Vandan Mehta 6-3, 6-3.

Girls' singles quarterfinals: Akshitha B.Raj (Kar) bt Isha A.Mishra (Ker) 6-0, 6-0; Jenani Suresh (TN) bt Prarthana Pattabi (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Harshini Reddy (Kar) bt Lubna Mariam (TN) 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4; Anushree Tammanna (Kar) bt Kelsey Sundaram (TN) 6-7 (1), 6-2, 6-3. Doubles semifinals: Kelsey Sundaram/Jenani Suresh (TN) bt Neha S.Nair/Parvathy Vijayan (Ker) 6-1, 6-0; Harshini Reddy/Anushree Tammanna (Kar) bt Lubna Mariam (TN)/Neelima Sanjay (Ker) 6-0, 6-2. — Our Principal Correspondent