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Rachita Sardha upsets top-seeded Archana

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RUNNING HOT: Qualifier Rachita Sardha stunned Archana.

Chennai: Qualifier Rachita Sardha of Karnataka shocked top-seed V. Archana 6-1, 6-2, in the girls’ under-18 second round of the adidas-MCC junior national tennis championship on Wednesday.

Archana broke Rachita in the first game of both sets, but failed to sustain her level thereafter. Rachita used her momentum from the qualifying matches to her advantage against someone playing her first match of the tournament.

Third seed Tanvi R. Shah (Maharashtra) was shown the door by Tamil Nadu’s Janani Suresh with a 6-4, 6-1 defeat. The third-seed had breathing difficulties briefly after Janani took the first set. The second was a formality, with Janani wasting little time closing it out. The results: Pre-quarterfinals: Boys: Under-18: 1-Vijayant Malik (Chd) bt Nihal Kapoor (TN) 6-2,6-0; 16-Prateek Bhambri (Dli) bt V. Vignesh (TN) 6-4, 6-4; 4-Sriram Balaji (TN) bt 11-Lakshit Sood (UP) 4-6, 6-1,6-2; 5-Vishesh Bhatia (TN) bt Ashwin Nambi (TN) 6-3, 6-4; Harshvardhan (WB) bt 7-Mansingh Athare (Mah) 6-2, 6-4; Irfan Hussain (TN) bt Samir Patwardhan (Mah) 7-6(6) 7-5; 2-Abhijit Tiwari (CHG) bt 10-Chandril Sood (UP) 6-4, 6-2; 2-Ronak Manuja (Mah) bt 13-Gugan Varma (TN) 4-6, 6-4,7-6(7). Under-14: 1-Mohit Mayur (TN) bt 11-Vinod Gowda (Kar) 6-2, 6-3; 8-Rakshay K. Thakkar (Mah) bt Ajay Yadhav (CHD) 6-2, 6-4; 12-K. Pradeep Reddy (AP) bt 3-Sai Teja Paladugu (AP) 6-4, 6-1; 5-Surya Pawan (AP) bt Arjun Khade (Mah) 4- 6, 6-3, 6-1; 7-R.Ram Kumar (TN) bt 15-Vishal Passi (Mah) 6-3, 6-1; 4-Tushal Thawani (Mah) bt 14-Siddharth Rawat (UP) 6-4, 7-6(5); 6-Dig Vijay Singh (HP) bt 13-Suraj Konnar (Guj) 6-0, 6-3; 2-Ronit Bisht (Dli) bt 16-Sharon Patel (Kar) 6-3, 6-2.

Girls: Under-18: Sharon S. Paul (TN) bt Janani Suresh (TN) 6-1, 6-3; 16-Shahin Ansari (TN) bt Rachita Sardha (Kar) 6-3, 7-5; 7-Nandita Krishnan (TN) bt Garima Vatwani (MP) 6-2, 6-2; 4-Kelsey Sundaram (TN) bt 10-Grace Hannah (TN) 6-2, 6 -4; 6- T. Nilaya (AP) bt 13-Nimsha Mohan (Kar) 6-2, 6-2.

Second round: Rachita Sardha (Kar) bt 1-V. Archana (AP) 6-1, 6-2; 6-T. Nilaya (AP) bt Rishika Sunkara (Dli) 6-2, 6-7(3) 6-2; 13-Nimisha Mohan (TN) bt K.Sumana (TN) 6-3, 6-0; 10-J. Grace Hannah (TN) bt Vaniya Dangawal (Dli) 6-3, 6-0; 4- Kelsey Sundaram (TN) bt P.V. Raja Rajeswari (AP) 6-0, 6-3; 8-Prachi Nadkarni (Mah) bt Sindu Nila (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Natallia Khaneiju (Mah) bt Sai Pujitha (AP) 6-4, 6-3; 9-Prerana Bhambri (Dli) bt Dipti Srivastava (WB) 6-3, 6-4.

2-Gopika Kapoor (Dli) bt Shivani Singh (Dli) 6-2, 6-0; 16-Shahin Ansari (TN) bt B. Sowjanya (AP) 6-3,6-1; 12-Garima Watwani (MP) bt Sayali Bilare (Mah) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4; 7-Nandita Krishnan (TN) bt Richa Valechha (WB) 6-2, 6-2; Janani Suresh (T N) bt 3-Tanvi. R. Shah (Mah) 6-4, 6-1; Sharon. S. Paul (TN) bt Kesika Jayapalan (TN) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; 14-Doniya Dayal (Mah) bt Preethi Srinivasan (TN) 6-1, 6-2; Arushi Sharma (Dli) bt 5-Rashmi Teltumbde (Mah) 6-4, 6-3.

Under-14: Pre-quarterfinals: 1-Rishika Sunkara (Dli) bt 11-B. Sowjanya (AP) 6-2, 6-2; 14-Vaniya Dangwal (Dli) bt 4-Vaidehi Bhagavat (Mah) 6-0, 6-3; 8-Bhavana Suresh (AP) bt Krithika Paul (Dli) 6-4, 6-3; Prathana Thombare (Mah) bt 10-An ushka Bhagava (AP) 6-3, 6-4; 7-Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Sansita Nandakumar (TN) 6-4, 6-1; 2-Natasha Pahla (Goa) bt 15- Surya Tejawini (AP) 6-2, 6-1.

Second round: 8-Bhavana Suresh bt Ravina 6-2, 6-2; Kristhika Paul (Kar) bt Namitha Bal (Mah) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2; 10-Anusha Bhargava (AP) bt M. Spruthi (AP) 6-1, 6-1; Pratham (Mah) bt Sanjana. M. Kumar (TN) 6-3, 6-2; 7-Ankita Rana (Guj) bt P allaavi (AP) 6-1, 6-3; 12-Sanjith Nandakumar (TN) bt Ikttesh Shetty (Kar) 6-2, 6-4; 2-Natasha Palha (Goa) bt Sanjana (TN) 6-1, 6-0.

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