JOIN USRajnish Bhandari defeated Kaushik Das 4-1, 4-1 to enter the boys’ singles pre-quarterfinals of the STC-AITA Under-14 South Zone National ranking Talent Series tennis tournament on Sunday.
In the girls’ first round, Apoorva defeated Snigdha 5-3, 5-3 to move up.
Results: Boys singles (second round): Rajnish Bhandari bt Kaushik Das 4-1, 4-1; Yuvraj w/o Anirudh Murthy; Rishkesh bt Ritvik Bhavle 4-1, 4-2; Kavan Kumar bt Karthik 4-0, 4-1; Nidish N bt Nikhil 4-2, 2-4, 7-4; C H Arjun bt Jaskiran Johar 4-1, 5-3; Venkatsri Krishna bt Bhuvan 5-4 (2), 4-1; Akarsh Gaonkar bt Nikhil 4-0, 4-0; Sailesh N bt Syed Asif 2-4, 4-2, 7-1; Manish G bt Sai Krishna 4-1, 4-2.
Girls singles (first round): Avani Reddy bt Ashrutha Nagpal 4-5 (5), 5-4 (2), 10-8; Apoorva bt Snigdha 5-3, 5-3; Kushi Santosh bt Swetha M 2-4, 4-1, 10-2; Madhuri Srinidhi bt Harini 5-3, 1-4, 10-3; Jessica Gideon bt Megha 4-0, 4-0; Bhumika bt Nysha S 5-3, 4-0; Antara b Shivani B Raju 4-2, 5-3; Shreya Pramod bt Bhavykta 2-4, 4-2, 10-5; Shruti Lakshman bt Bhagyadarini 4-0, 4-0; Paarvi S Patil bt Sri Vaishnavi 4-0, 4-0.