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Raghavendra enters final

BANGALORE: S. Raghavendra defeated second seed Vishnu K. Jenan 8-3 in the boys’ under-16 singles quarterfinals and then returned to put it across Reshi Dabrai and make the final in the Mahila Seva Samaj-AITA Talent Series National-ranking tennis tournament at the MSS courts here on Friday.

Top seed Rashien Samuel blanked Surjith Singh in the other semifinal.

Raghavendra, top seed in the under-14 section, is in line for a double as he outplayed Mahesh Bathija 9-3 in the semifinals.

Raghavendra meets Rohan Goankar in the under-14 final. Rohan had earlier upset Varun Satyanarayan 8-1 in the quarterfinals.

Top seed in the girls’ under-14 category, Dhruthi Venugopal was ousted by Spurthi Shivalingaiya, the fourth seed, 9-3.

The results: Boys: U-14: Singles: Semifinals: S. Raghavendra bt Mahesh A. Nathija 9-3; Rohan Goankar bt Subhas Koushik 9-2. Quarterfinals: Raghavendra bt Rohith Dinaker 6-2, 6-0; Mahesh bt Rohit R. Gowda 8-6; Subash bt S. Mukund 8-6; Rohan bt Varun Satyanarayan 8-1.

U-16: Singles: Semifinals: Rashien Samuel bt Surjith Singh 9-0; Raghavendra bt Reshi Dabrai 9-8(4). Quarterfinals: Rashien bt Prateesh 8-1; Surjith bt Vishnu P. Rajesh 8-2; Raghavendra bt Vishnu K. Jenan 8-3.

Girls: U-14: Singles: Semifinals: Spurthi Shivalingaiya bt Dhruthi Venugopal 9-3; S.P. Ritu bt Preethi Gokhale 9-5. Quarterfinals: Dhruthi bt Surya Suresh 6-3,6-3; Spruthi bt Pooja R. Patil 6-1, 6-2; Preethi bt Nupur Roy Choudhary 6-0, 6-0; Ritu bt Shruti Prasanth 8-2.

U-16: Singles: Semifinals: Rachita Sarda bt U.M. Salaka 9-3; Ritu bt Yamini Reddy 9-4. Quarterfinals: Rachita bt Spurthi 8-3; Salaka bt L.S. Archana 8-4; Ritu bt M.P. Nitha 8-1; Yamini bt Preethi 8-7(4). — Special Correspondent

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