Fifth-seeded Harsha Sai Challa of Andhra Pradesh shocked top-seeded S. Soha of Karnataka 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(0) in the girls’ under-18 event in the MTC Cup AITA Talent series tennis tournament on Wednesday.
The results (quarterfinals): Boys under-18 singles: Prajwal Dev (Kar) bt Vignesh Subramanyan (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; Vasisht (Kar) bt Samyukth Balaji (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Ganesh Srinivasan (TN) bt Varun Venkat (Kar) 6-1, 6-1; Pranash Babu (TN) bt Babji Siva Atturu (AP) 7-5, 6-3.
Boys under-18: Doubles: Prajwal Dev/ Mahesh Bathija (Kar) bt Vignesh (Kar) /Taquiddin Mohamed (AP) 4-0, 5-3; Anirudh (AP)/ Ganesh Srinivasan (TN) bt Pranash Babu/ Surya Prasad (TN) 1-4, 4-2, 10-3; Sachin /Mohit (Kar) bt Adhiraj Sandhu (AP)/ Chiranthan (Kar) 4-2, 4-2.
Boys under-16 singles: Vignesh Subramanyan (Kar) bt Elan Elangovan (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Anirudh (AP) bt K.S. Chiranthan (Kar) 6-2, 6-1; Harish Singh (Kar) bt Taquiddin Mohamed (AP) 3-6, 6-3, 7-5; Arjun Manjunatha (Kar) bt M. Mohith (Kar) 6-1, 6-2.
Girls under-18 singles: Harsha Sai Challa (AP) bt S. Soha (Kar) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(0); Deepa Dore (Kar) bt Dhwani Kumar (Kar) 6-1, 6-0; Abhilasha Vishwanath (Kar) bt S. Harshitha (Kar) 6-0, 6-3; Shika N. Singh (Kar) bt Janaki Kamalanathan (TN) 7-6 (1), 3-6, 6-2.
Girls under-16 singles: S. Soha (Kar) bt Shrayashree (TN) 6-3, 6-4; Jyothi (Kar) bt Vrinda Dimri (Kar) 6-2, 6-1; Harsha Sai Challa (AP) bt Ananya (Kar) 6-1, 6-0; Nikita Pinto (Kar) bt Aadhya Chala (TN) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(4).
