Date:01/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/01/stories/2008080156792000.htm

Sport - Tennis

Prasanth stuns Kamal

MYSORE: Tamil Nadu’s S. Prasanth stunned the second seed S. Kamal of Karnataka 3-6, 7-6(5), 10-4 and entered the boys’ under-18 singles semifinals in the Raghuveer Tennis Academy’s AITA Talent Series championship here on Thursday.

The results: Boys’ under-18 singles: Quarterfinals: M.A. Naveen (TN) bt S. Raghavendra (Kar) 6-3, 6-2; Himanshu Mali (Mah) bt Sridhar K (Mah) 6-3, 6-2; J.S. Arun Raj (TN) bt Vishwanath Sawadi (Kar) 6-3, 6-2; S. Prasanth (TN) bt S. Kamal (Kar) 3-6, 7-6 (5), 10-4.

Under-14 singles: Quarterfinals: S. Kishen (Kar) bt L.D. Hitesh (Kar) 6-1, 7-6(3); Vivek Waghmare (Mah) bt N. Venkataramanan (TN) 6-1, 6-3; Suraj R Prabodh (Kar) bt Mahesh A Bhatija (Kar) 6-2, 6-2; S.D. Prajwal Dev (Kar) bt M.S. Rakshith (Kar) 6-2, 6-1.

Girls’ under-18 singles: Quarterfinals: Likitha Devraj (Kar) bt Preethi Gokhale (kar) 6-2, 6-4; Sabatini Ankaraju (AP) bt Nupur Umashankar (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; Nivetha Srinivasan (Kar) bt Sloka Kumar (Kar) 7-5, 6-3; A.K. Padmapriya (Kar) bt Preeti Ujjini (Kar) 6-1, 6-0. Under-14 singles: Quarterfinals: Preeti Ujjini (Kar) bt Sloka Kumar S (kar) 6-1, 6-1; Preeti Gokhale (Kar) bt Nupur Umashankar (Kar) 6-1, 6-2.