JOIN USFancied Nikshep BR beat Suraj H 8-5 to enter the boys’ U-18 quarterfinals of the KTPPA-MP Prakash Memorial AITA Championship at the Topspin Academy courts.
In other under-18 pre-quarterfinal matches, Manav Pandukole got the better of Jeffy Jacob 8-6 while Pranesh Babu eased past Aditya Gokhale 8-6. Akhil Kanakaraj beat Nihit Rawal to storm into the quarters. Saranya Nagapal beat Shambhavi 8-5 to enter the girls’ under-18 quarters.
In another girls’ match, Nisha Shenoy put it past Shilpi 8-5 for an easy victory.
Results (pre-quarterfinals): Boys: U-18: Nikshep BR bt Suraj H 8-5, Manav Pandukole bt Jeffy Jacob 8-6, Pranesh Babu bt Aditya Gokhale 8-6, Akhil Kanakaraj bt Nihit Rawal 8-6, Chiranthan KS bt Ribhav R 8-6, IB Akshay bt Vasihnav Bendalam 8-4, Vashit Vinot Chiruku bt Abinav Sanjeev 8-5, Arjun Ramakrishna bt Prajwal Dev 8-3.U-16: Adithya Gokhale bt Varun 8-2, Vignesh Subramanium bt Rgdev 8-1, Amarnath Arora bt Sai Pranav 8-7(4), Pranesh Babu bt Manaz 8-6, Nihit Rawal bt Bharath 8-5, Arjun bt Rishi 8-2, Md Taquiuddin bt Chiranthimath 8-1, Yash Yadhav bt Siddharth 8-2. Girls: U-18: Saranya Nagapal bt Shambhavi 8-5, Nisha Shenoy bt Shilpi 8-5, Nupur Umashankar bt Shika 8-6, Pragati Natarajan bt Shivani Manjanna 8-2, Abhinika R bt Madhumitha Meenakshi 8-5, Rashmika Rajan bt Aarushi Kakkar 8-3, Nandini Gupta bt Roma Chandiran 8-6. U-16: Mansi Reddy bt Nupur 8-4, Rashmika Rajan bt Shivani 8-1, Aarushi bt Rehana 8-1, Muskhan Ranjan bt Nisha 8-5, Madhumitha bt Sonashe 8-2, Bhumika Srihari bt Harsha 8-3, Nikitha Pinto bt Saranya Nagpal 8-4, Abinika bt Ishwari 8-2.