JOIN USRajer shocks fancied Karan
Rajer survived a second-set resistance from the local boy to come through a 6-2, 7-6 (7/2) winner.
Karan’s State-mate and second seed Rashein Samuel, however, made it to the semifinals rather easily, vanquishing Harish Ramkrishnan of Tamil Nadu 6-2, 6-4.
Joining Rashein and Rajer in the last four stage were Rohan Gaonkar of Karnataka and Sameer Paranjape of Maharsshtra.
In the girls under-18 section, top seed Shalaka UM of Karnataka made it to the semifinals with a hard-fought win over State-mate Preethi Gokhale 2-6, 6-1, 6-0.
C Rajeshwari of Tamil Nadu, Padma Priya and Rachitha Sharada, both from Karnataka, completed the semifinal line-up
DH News Service
Results: Boys, under-18 quarterfinals: Rashein Samuel (Kar) bt Harish Ramakrishnan (TN) 6-2, 6-4; Rohan Goankar (Kar) bt Ayush Dharewal (Mah) 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-6); Monish Rajer (TN) bt Karan S (Kar) 6-2, 7-6 (7/2); Sameer Paranjape (Mah) bt B Sai Reddy 6-0, 6-1. Pre-quarterfinals: Ayush Dharewa (WB) W/o Raghavendra (Kar); Monish Rajer (TN) bt Mohd Shadab Khan (Del) 7-5, 6-0; Harish Ramakrishnan (TN) bt Pradeep Deshwar 6-1, 2-6, 6-1; Rohan Goankar (Kar) bt Bruhad Mankad 6-1, 6-3; B Sai Reddy (AP) bt Senthil Kumar (TN) 6-2, 6-4.
Under-16 quarterfinals: Sartak Siddarth (TN) bt Madhav Murthy (TN) 6-1, 6-2; Monish Rajer (TN) bt TG Subash Kaushik (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Nikhil Reddy (Kar) bt Sai Reddy (AP) 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-4; Rohan Goankar (Kar) bt Manab Kumar Chakma (Mah) 6-1, 6-0. Pre-quarterfinals: Sartak Siddharth (TN) bt Udhav Gupta (WB) 7-6(7/1), 3-6, 6-1; Madhav Murthy (Kar) bt Raghavendra S (Kar) 7-6 (4), 2-6, 6-2; Manab Kumar (Mah) bt Handa Chinmay (Del) 6-4, 7-5; Nikhil Reddy (Kar) bt Harish Ramakrishnan (TN) 6-4, 6-0; Sai Reddy (AP) bt SP Prasanth (TN) 6-3, 6-4; Monish Rajer (TN) bt LD Hitesh (Kar) 6-0, 6-2.
Girls, under-18 (Quarterfinals): Shalaka UM (Kar) bt Preethi Gokhale (Kar) 2-6, 6-1, 6-0; C Rajeshwari (TN) bt Nitya B Raj (TN) 6-4, 0-6, 6-1; Padma Priya (Kar) bt SP Ritu (Kar) 6-3, 6-4; Rachitha Sharda (Kar) bt Neena Reddy (TN) 6-1, 6-1. Pre-quarterfinals: Shalaka (Kar) bt Neesha Menon (Kar) 6-2, 6-0; Preethi G (Kar) bt K Sangeetha (TN) 6-3, 6-1; Nithya B Raj (TN) bt Anitha Yadhav (Kar) 6-3, 6-0; C Rajeshwari (TN) bt Arundhuthi Basu 1-6, 7-5, 6-1; Rachitha Sarda (Kar) bt Vasundhara Raju (Del) 6-2, 6-0.
Under-16 (quarterfinals): Neena Reddy (TN) bt Seeulee K Upadhaya (Ori) 6-0, 6-0; Kavya N Kumar (Kar) bt A Ankita (TN) 5-7, 6-0, 6-3; Preethi Gokhale (Kar) bt KS Sangeetha (TN) 6-3, 6-2; SP Ritu (Kar) bt Lavanya S (TN) 6-0, 6-2.