Date:26/04/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/04/26/stories/2006042610602000.htm

Sport - Tennis

Jessica beats Supriya

Bangalore: Tamil Nadu's A. Jessica defeated Andhra's K. Supriya 8-1 in a AITA Talent Series tennis tournament's girls under-16 pre-quarterfinal at the Indian Gymkhana Courts here on Tuesday.

The results: Girls (pre-quarterfinals): Under-16: A. Jessica bt K. Supriya 8-1, L.S. Rachina bt R. Jayatha 8-0, Ravina Shetty bt Soumazya 8-0, M.P. Nitha bt Tabussumoomer 8-2, Jannai Suresh w/o Sanchi.

Under-14: M.P. Nitha bt A. Swaroopa 8-2, K. Supriya bt Maya Mahalingam 8-5, Sree Sanjanna bt Alisha Punja 8-6, S. Swetha bt Apeksha Raker 8-4.

Under-12: Spoorthi Shivlingaiah bt Aditi Shetty 8-0, Apoorva Deshpande bt Amoolya 8-2, Sree Sanjanna bt Uttara Krishna Kumar 8-0, S. Sweta bt P. Jayanthi 8-1, Nikita Telker bt M.P. Varsha 8-1, R. Mahashri bt Ashwini Suresh 8-4, Preeti Ujjani bt Spoorthi Ashok 8-2, Likitha Shetty bt Diya Devaiah 8-0.

Boys (second round): Under-16: Rashien Samuel bt Vedant Bansal 8-4, Keneth Mirajkar bt Rohan Gaonkar 8-6, Vasant Sriram bt Surya Prakash 8-7 (7-4), Kamal bt Narayan Swamy 8-4, L. Sodha bt Pranav 8-0, M.M. Lohani bt C.M. Kiran 8-1, G.L. Karthik bt Rahul Bhille 8-4, Sharan Patil bt Tao Lssaro 8-6.

Under-14: Rashien Samuel bt Sai Avinash 8-4, R. Gaonkar bt Siddharth Reddy 8-2, Soorya Prasant bt Chiragh Mande 8-6, A. Rajshekeran bt Suresh 8-2, Md. Younis bt Veera Bhadra 8-4, C.M. Kiran bt Raghavendra 8-0, Sagar Manjunath bt Preeth 8-1, Sharan Patil bt Rishib 8-1.

Under-12: Md. Younis bt T.G. Subash Kaushik 8-1, Md. Abrar bt A. Kashyap 8-3, Sai Avinash bt Nehal Agha 8-5, Rupesh bt Anirudh Puranik 8-4, Evans Mirajkar bt Anup Kumar 8-5, Supreeth bt Gautam 8-2, Rahul Adhikari bt R. Sashank 8-3, Rishab bt S.P. Prashant 8-1. — Principal Correspondent