Top seeds tumble out in pre-quarters

Andhra Pradesh’s Harshith Satakarni knocked out number one seed Karthik S of Karnataka 6-2, 6-3 in the under-16 boys’ pre-quarters while Karnartaka’s Soha S beat number one seed P Srivani Rao 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the under-16 girls’ round-of-16 clash.Third seed Babji Silva of Andhra Pradesh was also sent packing by Vinayak Gupta of Gujarat in the boys’ category.

Results (all pre-quarterfinals): Boys: U-16: Harshith Satakarni (AP) bt 1-Karthik S (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; Adil Kalyanpur (Kar) bt Rigdev Nath Paul (K) 6-2, 6-0; Vinayak Gupta (Guj) bt 3-Babji Siva (AP) 6-1, 6-4; 6-Vibhuvarsh (Kar) (6) bt Vimal Raj (TN) 6-3, 7-5; 5-Poorva S Kumar (Kar) bt Varun Venkat (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; 4-Alok Aradya (Kar) bt Rehan Kumar (TN) 6-1, 6-2; K Mohith Reddy (Kar) bt 7-Rohan Shenoy (Kar) 6-7, 6-2, 6-4; 2-BS Rahul (Kar) (2) bt Arjun M (Kar) 6-3, 7-5.

Girls: U-16: Soha S (Kar) bt 1-P Srivani Rao (AP) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; 5-Laksmi Nikitha (Kar) (5) bt Honeysha (Kar) 6-2, 7-5, 6-4; 3-Shivani Manjanna (Kar) bt Nisha Shenoy (Kar) by 6-3, 6-3; 7-Jyothi M (Kar) bt Sonashe Bhatnakar (Kar) 6-3, 6-4; 8-Sakshi Yadav (AP) bt Nikita Pinto (Kar) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0; 4-Diana Abi (TN) bt Anchal Manchani (Kar) 6-0, 6-2; Hrishika Rajesh (Kar) bt 6-Gaayatri Shankar (Ker) (6) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; 2-Nupur Umashankar (Kar) bt Rashmika Rajan (Kar) 6-2, 7-5.