Nikshep reaches semis

Top seed BR Nikshep of Karnataka entered the boys’ under-16 singles semifinals with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Amit Batta in the AITA Championship Series Junior meet on We-dnesday. 

Results: Boys:  U-16 (quarterfinals): BR Nikshep bt Amit Batta 6-3, 6-2; Vignesh Nagrajan bt Pranash Babu 6-3, 7-6(7-4); Aryan Goveas bt Tarun Anirudh 6-2, 6-1; RV Kunal bt Yugal Bansal 6-2, 6-3.

U-14 (quarterfinals): Yugal Bansal bt Christian Cummings 6-3, 6-4; Pransahbabu bt Rohit Madhu 6-4, 6-1; Adil Kalyanpur bt V Sudhanshu 6-7(6-8), 6-3, 6-4; Abhminayu V bt Surya Prasad 6-4, 6-3.

U-16: Doubles, pre-quarterfinals: Shreya MD/ Kyle Cummings bt Avinash G/ Anurag R  8-1; PC Anirudh/ Tarun Anirudh bt Kaivlya/ Siddhanth B 8-4. Girls: (quarterfinals): U-16: Akanksha Bhan bt Shivani Manjanna 6-4, 1-6, 6-2; Nikita Pinto bt Monalisa C 6-1, 6-4. U-14: (quarterfinals): Sama Sathwika bt Shivani Manjanna 7-5, 6-1; Lahtika Premkumar bt Y Sai Dedeepya 6-1, 6-2; Madhumita M bt Rishika Ravi 3-6, 6-0, 6-1; Rashmika Rajan bt Tanvi Bhat 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. U-16: Doubles, pre-quarterfinals: Priyanaka M/ Vasundara bt Reshma M/ Boomika S 8-1.