Date:27/04/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/04/27/stories/2006042710962200.htm

Sport - Tennis

Facile wins for Rashien Samuel

Bangalore: Rashien Samuel of Karnataka scored facile victories in the boys' under-14 and under-16 quarterfinals of the AITA Talent Series tennis tournament in progress at the Indian Gymkhana Courts. Rashien defeated State-mates Rohan Gaonkar 6-4, 6-3 and Kenneth Mirajker 6-3, 6-3 in the under-14 and under-16 events respectively.

The results (quarterfinals): boys: Under-12: Mohd. Younis (TN) bt Jayant Jayaram (TN) 6-1, 6-3; Sai Avinash (AP) bt Roopesh Adik (TN) 6-3, 6-3; Evans Mirajker (Kar) bt Supreet (AP) 6-7 (4-7), 6-4, 6-3; Rishab (AP) bt Rahul Adhikari (Kar) 6-4, 6-1.

Under-14: Rashien Samuel (Kar) bt Rohan Gaonkar (Kar) 6-4, 6-3; Surya Prasath (TN) bt Anush Rajshekar (TN) 6-3, 6-3; C.M. Kiran (Kar) bt Mohd. Younis (TN) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Sharan Patil (Kar) bt Sagar Manjunath (Kar) 6-1, 4-6, 6-2.

Under-16: Rashien Samuel (Kar) bt Kenneth Mirajker (Kar) 6-3, 6-3; V. Sriram (Kar) bt S. Kamal (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; M. Lohani (TN) bt L. Sodha (Kar) 6-0, 6-4; Sharan Patil (Kar) bt G.L. Karthik 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.

Girls: Under-12: Spoorthi Shivalingaiah (Kar) bt Apoorva Deshpande (Kar) 6-2, 6-2; B. Sanjana (TN) bt S. Shwetha (TN) 6-2, 6-1; R. Mahashri (TN) bt Nikitha Telker (Kar) 7-5, 6-3; Nikitha Shetty (Kar) bt Preethi Ujjaini (Kar) 6-2, 7-5.

Under-14: M.P. Nitha (Kar) bt S. Sanjana (TN) 7-5, 6-1; B. Soujanya (AP) bt Shreya (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Likitha Shetty (Kar) bt Shwetha (TN) 6-0, 6-4; Ravina Shetty (Kar) bt Supriya Kativarapu 6-1, 6-3.

Under-16: Janani Suresh (TN) bt Maya Mahalingam (Kar) 6-2, 6-0; Ravina Shetty (Kar) bt Archana (Kar) 6-1, 6-3; Kesika (TN) bt Soujanya (AP) 6-4, 6-1; Nitha (Kar) bt Swaroop (Kar) 6-3, 6-2. — Principal Correspondent