JOIN USTop seed Shivani storms into semis
Top seed Shivani Manjanna of Karnataka got past State-mate Muskan Ranjan 7-5, 6-3 to book her place in the semifinals of the KTPPA–AITA Under-18 Junior tennis tournament at the KSLTA courts here on Wednesday.
Two more Karnataka girls – Prathibha Prasad Narayan and Deeksha Prasad – stormed into the last four, posting facile wins.
Prathibha defeated Sonakshi Bhatnagar 6-3, 6-1 while Deeksha beat Avishka Gupa 6-0, 6-4 in their respective quarterfinal encounters.
However, Karnataka’s challenge in the boys’ category came to an end, with Hari Singh and Hemant Nama making exits in the quarterfinals. Hari went down fighting to top seed Dakshineshwar Suresh of Tamil Nadu 3-6, 6-3, 1-6 while the second seed SM Adtihya of Tamil Nadu set aside Hemant 6-3, 6-3.
Results: Quarterfinals: Boys’ singles: Dakshineshwar Suresh bt Hari Singh 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Kaivalya bt Satya Maran 6-2, 7-6 (5); Pranesh Babu bt Shashank Teertha 6-2, 4-6, 6-1; SM Adithya bt Hemant Nama 6-3, 6-3.
Girls’ singles: Shivani Manjanna bt Muskan Ranjan 7-5, 6-3; Prathibha Prasad bt Sonakshi Bhatnagar 6-3, 6-1; Deeksha Prasad bt Avishka Gupta 6-0, 6-4; Mubashira Shakh bt SB Apoorva 6-3, 6-0.
Pre-quarterfinals: Sonakshi Bhatnagar bt Sahsmita 6-1, 6-2; Deeksha Prasad bt Arundhathi Sudan 6-0, 6-0; Avishka Gupta bt Advaitha Saravanan 6-2, 6-2; Mubasihira Shaikh bt Jahanvi 6-0, 6-0; SB Apoorva bt Monika Choudhry 6-2, 6-0.