Local lads Adil Kalyanpur and Sai Pranav Ponaka continued their winning streak as they stormed into the quarterfinals of the Karle Infra Asian-ranking Junior under-14 tennis tounament here on Tuesday.
Adil posted a facile 6-2, 6-4 win over Andhra Pradesh’s Durga Himmakesh, while Sai Pranav notched up an equally comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over Rohit Naasimhan.
In the girls’ first round, Sonashree Bhatnagar showed Chaitali Narde the door with a dominant display in which she won 6-1, 6-1 to enter the second round.
In other matches, Sama Sathvika eased past Yubrani Banerji 6-3, 6-2 while Muskan Ranjan got the beter of Neha Mokhasi 6-4, 6-4.
Results: Boys (pre-quarterfinals): Siddant Jagdish Banthia bt V Sai Krishna 6-1, 6-1; Prakrut Patel bt Maaz Khan 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; Megh Patel bt Anirudh Murthy 6-1, 7-5; Yavin Solomon bt Preet Kumar 6-0, 6-4; Adil Kalyanpur bt Durga Himmakesh 6-2, 6-4; Dhruv Sunish bt Nikit Reddy 6-3, 6-0; SM Aadhitya bt Vamsi Krishna Myneni 7-6 (7-1), 7-6 (7-3); Sai Pranav Ponaka bt Rohit Naaqsimhan 6-3, 6-3.
Girls (first round): Sama Sathvika bt Yubrani Banerji 6-3, 6-2; Muskan Ranjan bt Neha Mokhasi 6-4, 6-4; Celine B Mariya bt Khyati Hambardikar 6-2, 6-2; Shaikh Humera bt Sheikh Tahora 7-5, 6-1; Sonashee Bhatnagar bt Chaitali Narde 6-1, 6-1.
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