Karthikeyan storms into semifinals

Bangalore, September 12, 2012, DHNS:,

Sep 12 2012, 22:29 ist
updated: Sep 12 2012, 22:29 ist

Qualifier Karthikeyan Ravi upset fourth seed Rifaat Sheik 5-3, 4-2 and entered the semifinals of the AITA Talent Series U-12 Championship here on Wednesday. Top seed Rohan K Reddy, CH Arjun and Sundar Arvind completed the semifinal line-up.

Top seed Yubrani Banerji overpowered Annika Kannan 4-1, 5-3 to advance to the girls’ semifinals.

The results (all quarterfinals): Boys, singles: Rohan K Reddy bt MD Sheyas 4-2, 4-0; CH Arjun bt Arjun Sriram 4-1, 4-0; Karthikeyan Ravi bt Rifaat Sheik 5-3, 4-2; Sundar Arvind bt Chandan Reddy 4-2, 4-1.

Doubles: CH Arjun/ Rohan K Reddy bt Sishir Sreelesh/ Hithen Sreelesh 4-2, 4-0; Arjun Sriram/ Sandesh K bt Praneet Reddy/ Vishal Reddy 5-3, 4-0; Nikhil Niranjan/ Adarsh Arun bt Sunder Arvind/ Chandan Reddy 5-3, 4-2; Aditya Rao/ MD Sheyas bt Arvind Kalyana/ Rifaat Sheikh 5-4, 4-1.

Girls, singles: Parvvi Patil bt Ashrira Nagpal 4-2, 4-1; Aadhya Chala bt Avani Reddy 4-1, 4-1; Yubrani Banerjee bt Annika Kannan 4-1, 5-3; Prathiba Prasad Narayan bt Pragathi Prasad Narayan 2-4, 4-2, 4-0.

Doubles: Fatima Juveri/ Akishita M Goud bt Bala Gayatri Snigdha/ Sharon William 4-1, 4-1; Parrvi Patil/ Annika Kannan bt Jahnavi H Reddy/ GV Ishika 4-0, 4-0.