Poonacha stuns Karan

Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha and Taipei’s Pei-Ju Chien scripted upset victories in the boys’ and girls’ singles respectively in the Indian Oil-Servo ITF Junior tennis tournament here on Tuesday.

Poonacha ousted second seed Karan Salwan 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 while Chien put out top seed Teertha Iska 6-3, 6-2 in second round matches.

Results (Prefix denotes seeding, Indians unless mentioned): Boys singles (second round): 1-Rishab Agarwal bt Ayush Mintri 6-1, 6-0; Balaji Lakshmanan bt 15-Manav Kumar Chakma 6-3, 6-0; 5-Abdullah Shaikh bt Nischay Rawal 6-3, 6-3; 3-Suraj R Prabodh bt Sharvil Nawghare 6-2, 6-0; 13-Rajanvir Singh Dharni bt Siddharth Reddy 6-2, 6-1; 11-Anvit Bendre bt Deepak Vishavkarma 6-4, 6-2; 7-Kumara P Saradhi Adavelly bt Indra Patwardhan 6-3, 6-3; 6-Ajay Yadav bt Sai Nikhil Mannepalli 6-3, 6-4; Jajbir Saran bt 16-Rohan Bhatia 6-3, 6-1; 4-Sahil Deskmukh bt Vijay Jude Raymond 7-5, 7-6 (7-5); 10-Rithvik Anand bt Rohan Punj 6-3, 6-2; 14-Basil Khuma bt Sachin Kumar 7-5, 6-4; Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha bt 2-Karan Salwan 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Girls singles (second round): Pei-Ju Chien (Tpe) bt 1-Teertha Iska 6-3, 6-2; Pranjala Yadlapalli bt 14-Roma Chandiran 6-0, 6-1; 7-Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy bt Praneetha S 6-2, 6-0.