Kavan marches into under-14 semifinals

Top seed Kavan Kumar handed Eshwer 6-0, 6-0 to storm into the boys’ under-14 semifinals in the Dr Sampath Loganadan Memorial AITA Championship Series junior tennis meet on Wednesday.

Results (prefix indicate seedings): Boys: U-14 singles (quarterfinals): 1-Kavan Kumar bt Eshwar 6-0, 6-0; 8-Anirudh Kumar bt Kausik Das 6-2, 6-3; 3-Arjun Sriram bt Nitin Varma 6-2, 6-3; 7-Vishal Reddy bt Anish F 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles (semifinals): Adarsh/ Arjun bt Nikhil/ Vishal 6-1, 7-6 (3); Manish/ Madhavan bt Kavan/ Pranav 6-4, 4-6, 10-7.U-12 singles (quarterfinals): 1-Nikhil Niranjan bt Sriram Das 6-0, 6-4; 3-Pranav Ikkurthy bt 7-Anish 6-4, 6-2; 4-Sreejith Sen bt 6-Nitin Varma 6-4, 6-4; 2-Vishal Reddy bt Sahil 6-1, 6-0. Doubles (semifinals): 1-Nitin/ Siddarth bt Anojaneya/ Vardhan 6-1, 7-6 (3); Akarsh/ Harsha bt Anmay/ Anish 6-3, 6-2. Girls: U-14 singles (quarterfinals): 1-Ashritha bt Srinidhi 6-3, 6-0; 6-Vanshitha Patania bt 3-Gargi 6-1, 6-2; 7-Chandana bt Mridula 6-3, 6-0; 2-Shimran bt 8-Chandrika 7-6 (3), 6-1. U-12 singles (quarterfinals): 1-Gargi bt Mridula 6-3, 6-0; 5-Sharon bt Lakshanya 6-2, 6-1; Aditi Narayan bt Sanjuktha 6-2, 6-1; 2-Naisha bt Aditi VK 6-1, 6-3.