Date:14/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/14/stories/2008081452942100.htm

Sport - Tennis

Karan in quarterfinals

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Top seed S. Karan breezed into the quarterfinals in the boys’ under-16 section in the Nutking AITA junior tennis championship on Wednesday.

Karan defeated Arun Raj 7-5, 6-4 in the second round. H. Suraj and Rishabh Agarwal moved into the semifinals in the boys’ under-14 section. In the quarterfinals, Suraj overcame Jude Raymond 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 while Rishabh rallied to beat Manish Kumar 6-7, 6-1, 6-3.

The results:

Boys: Under-16 (second round): S. Karan bt J.S. Arun Raj 7-5, 6-4; Praveen Raj bt Manish Kumar 5-7, 6-3, 6-1; Jude Raymond bt S.V. Kiran 6-2, 6-3; Rithwik Anand bt Venkatesh Prasad 6-2, 6-2; B. Sai Reddy bt Ravi Shankar 1-6, 7-6, 6-4; Monish Rajer bt R. Sharad 2-6, 6-2, 6-0; Harish Ramakrishnan bt Thomas Prem Kumar 6-4, 6-1; Mohammed Yunus bt B. Supreeth 6-2, 6-3.

Under-14 (quarterfinals): H. Suraj bt Jude Raymond 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; Rishabh Agarwal bt Manish Kumar 6-7, 6-1, 6-3

Girls: Under-14 (second round): Sai Sambitha bt Kavya Bharath 6-1, 6-3; Akshaya Chandran bt Ambika Padne 6-4, 6-4; Vignetha Reddy bt Sneha Susan Thomas 0-6, 7-6, 6-1; Aswini Suresh bt K. Bhavana 7-6, 1-6, 6-3; Iska Akshara bt A.V. Rithika 6-1, 6-1; Shambari Dixit bt S.G. Abinaya 6-3, 6-2; Roma Chandran bt Lavanya Saravan 6-1, 6-2; Swetha Sree Hari bt Sarda Bhagat 6-1, 6-0.