Date:11/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/11/stories/2008071156791800.htm

Sport - Tennis

Sanjiv downs Neeraj

NEYVELI: Sanjiv Kerketta of West Bengal overcame Tamil Nadu’s Neeraj Elangovan 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 in the boys’ under-16 quarterfinals of the NLC-LCC AITA (Championship Series) tennis tournament held here on Thursday.

Other results (quarterfinals):

Boys: Under-14: R. Sharad (TN) bt Ryan Serro (Mah) 706 (5), 4-6, 6-1; Jude Raymond (AP) bt Sabareesh Hariharan 6-3, 6-3; Manish Kumar (Del) bt Hriday Nevetia (AP) 6-7 (9), 6-3, 6-2; H.M. Yunus (TN) bt Vignesh Prabhu P (TN) 6-1, 6-1. Under-16: Jude Raymond (AP) bt R. Sharad (TN) 6-0, 6-2; Sabareesh Hariharan (TN) bt Rithwik Anand (TN) 6-3, 6-4; H.M. Yunus (TN) bt Raj Vishnu (TN) 6-1, 6-2

Girls Under-14: C. Sai Samhitha (TN) bt K.S. Sangitha (TN) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0; Swetha Sreehari (TN) bt Sabatini Ankaraju (AP) 6-0, 6-4; Spruti Mallampatti (AP) bt Shree Sanjana (TN) 6-4, 6-0; Amreen Sheikh (AP) bt Sharanya Shivani Varma (AP) 6-2, 6-3. Under-16: K. Bhuvana (TN) bt Devki J Pande (TN) 6-2, 6-3; Neena Reddy (TN) bt Ambika Pande (TN) 6-2, 6-3; Sanjana M Kumar (TN) bt Spruthi Mallampatti (AP) 6-2, 7-5; Sai Samhitha (TN) bt Shree Sanjana (TN) 6-2, 6-2.