Brilliant Nupur on course for two titles
Top-seed Nupur Umashanker booked her berth in under-12 and under-14 semifinals of the AITA Talent Series tennis tournament here on Wednesday.
Karnataka’s Nupur ousted State-mate Shivani Manjunath 6-3, 6-2 in the U-14 quarterfinal after thumping Rashika Rajan 6-0, 6-2 in the U-12 semifinal. In the boys’ U-14 category, top-seeded Alok Aradhya entered the final four when he got a bye from Karthik. BR Nikshep fought off a stiff challenge from S Lokesh Kumar to win 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 in his under-12 quarterfinal match.
Results: Boys: U-14: Alok Aradhya (w/o) Karthik; Vasist bt Mohit Reddy 1-6, 6-4, 6-2; SL Balasil bt Arjun Prakash 6-2, 6-0; Nikshep BR bt Aditya Prakash 6-2, 6-0.
U-12: BR Nikshep bt S Lokesh Kumar (TN) 3-6, 6-0, 6-1; K Prashanth bt Vignesh Subramanya A 7-6, 7-5; Mohit Reddy bt Ganapathy 7-6, 6-3; Vasist bt Varun 6-0, 4-6, 6-1.
Girls:
U-14: Nupur Umashankar bt Shivani Manjunath 6-3, 6-2; Swetha Samuel bt Ramya N 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Thania Singh bt SR Nidhita 6-1, 6-1; Shloka Kumar bt Shikha Singh 6-3, 6-2.
U-12: Nupur Shankar bt Rashika Rajan 6-0, 6-2; Prerna Kalwar bt BK Prerna 6-4, 6-4; Ramya N (TN) bt Shikha N Singh 4-6, 6-2, 6-3; Soha bt Yashaswini 6-3, 6-2.
