Date:29/07/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/07/29/stories/2008072952951800.htm

Sport - Tennis

Sawadi in main draw

MYSORE: With rain playing spoilsport in the morning session, the final qualifying rounds in the boys’ U-18 and U-14 singles, were played only in the afternoon and Vishwanath Sawadi of Karnataka upset S. Prasanth of Tamil Nadu 9-8(4) and made the main draw in the boys’ U-18 singles in the AITA Talent Series tennis tournament conducted by Raghuveer Tennis Academy here on Monday.

The results: Final qualifying round: Boys U-18 singles: M.A. Navin (TN) bt Anuragh Sharma (Mah) 9-5; R. Sriram (TN) bt H.J. Prajwal (Kar) 9-4; S. Raghavendra (Kar) bt Jodbir Singh (Kar) 9-5; Karan Bikkanavar (Kar) bt H.D. Prajwal Dev (Kar) 9-6; J.S. Arun Raj (TN) bt Nikhil Prasad (Kar) 9-2; Kavit Mehta (Guj) bt Pruthvika Nagaraj (Kar) 9-5; Yeshwanth Nadella (AP) bt Sridhar Kapse (Mah) 9-4; Vishwanth Sawadi (Kar) bt S. Prasanth (TN) 9-8 (4).

Boys U-14 singles: S. Sagar bt M. Nithin 9-8(2); S.M. Dhanush bt M.S. Darshan (Kar) 9-1; S. Karthik bt Syed Abrar 9-2; Bharath Yogendra bt Surya Prasad 9-1; K. Rajagopal bt C. Karthik 9-2; D. Darshan bt Skandan Raj Urs 9-1; Rohit Baglani bt R. Prateek 9-4; T. Vibhuvarsh bt G.S. Sumukh 9-0.