Nikit shocks top seed Rohan

Bengaluru: Unseeded Nikit M. Reddy of Karnataka stunned top seed Rohan K. Reddy of AP in an engrossing three setter 6-2, 1-6, 6-3 to enter the quarter-finals of the Azven Realty Open AITA Ur-14 Super Series tennis championships at the SAT Courts by the Srinath Academy of Tennis, on Tuesday.

The other Karnataka lads to advance to last eight round were the fifth seed Nama Heman, who beat state-mate N.Manjunath 6-4, 6-3, seventh seed, C. H.Arjun, who stopped Surya Elangovan of Tamil Nadu 7-5, 6-4 and T.Siddarth.

In girls, fourth seed, Sonashe Bhatnagar rallied to oust R.Pratyusha of AP 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 and entered the girls singles quarter-finals. Karn­ataka’s Pr­artha­na Prabhakar pulled off an upset win over third seed Ch­aitali Narde 6-2, 6-2.

Results (last-16):

Boys: Nikit M. Reddy (Kar) bt Rohan K. Reddy (AP) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3; C.H.Arjun (Kar) bt Surya Elangovan (TN) 7-5, 6-4; Pralok S. Ikkurthy (AP) S.Saran (TN) 6-4, 6-1; Sai Rithvik Patel (AP) bt Sundar Arvind (Kar) 6-4, 6-4;

Nama Heman (Kar)

bt N. Manjunath (Kar) 6-4, 6-3; S. Bhoopathy (TN) bt Gujan Jhadav (Mah)

 6-4, 7-6 (2); T.Siddarth (Kar) bt Sriram Arjun (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Rutvik B. Choudhry (AP) bt M.Arjun (Kar) 6-3, 6-1.

Girls: Megha Muthuku­maran (TN) bt S.Manasa (Kar) 6-1, 6-0; J. Fathima (AP) bt Parvvi Patil (Kar) 6-4, 7-6 (2); Prarthana Prabhakar (Kar) bt Chaitali Narde (Kar) 6-2, 6-2;

Anu Verma (TN) bt Trisha Vinod (Kar) 6-0, 6-1; Aaliya Ebrahim (Mah) bt

Dhriti Kapoor (AP) 6-4,

6-0; Sonashe Bhatnagar (Kar) bt R.Partyusha (AP) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Neha Mokhasi (Mah) bt S.Sharanya (Mah) 6-2, 6-1; lathika Prem Kumar (TN) bt S.B.Apoorva (Kar) 6-2, 6-1.