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CHENNAI, SEPT 1: Seeded players in the girls under-14 section, led by top two seeds, Sania Mirza (AP) and Isha Lakhani (Mah), moved into the last eight of the Nutrine National Sub-Junior Hard Court Tennis Championship here today.
In boys under-16 section first round matches, seventh and eighth seeds Chatwinder Singh of Chandigarh and C Tejeshwar of Karnataka were knocked out by West Bengal players. Singh lost 4-6 7-5 0-6 to Dhruv Kumar while Tejeswhar was ousted 6-1 6-7 (2-7) 0-6 by Arka Mandal.
Second seed Ammanjot Singh (Chandigarh) overcame Dhananjay Kawade (Maharashtra) 7-6 (5) 6-7 (5) 6-1 after a three-hour struggle while top seed CS Mohanty (Delhi) quelled the challenge of P Chaturvedi (Delhi) 6-4 6-3.
Top seed in the boys singles under-14, Vikrant Sane of Maharashtra, had an easy passage into the second round when his opponent G Arjun (Karnataka) conceded the match after losing the first set 4-6.
RESULTS (first round)
Boys under-16 singles: CS Mohanty (Del) bt P Chaturvedi (Del) 6-4 6-3, Nikil K Murali (Del) bt Aman Jhawar (TN) 6-0 6-3, Karan Rastogi (Mah) bt Arif Hyder (AP) 6-2 6-2, Vikrant Sane (Mah) bt MV Abhay Prakash (Kar) 6-3 6-1, Dhruv Kumar (WB) bt Chatwinder Singh (Chd) 6-4 5-7 6-0, Vinod K Sewa (WB) bt R Arun Prakash (TN) 6-1 6-4, V Vignesh (AP) bt Som Dev Varman (TN) 6-1 6-0, Jaco T Mathew (TN) bt Sujay Mahadevan (Mah) 6-0 6-2, Avinash Reddy (TN) bt Nipun Gupta (Del) 6-2 6-2, Rohan Gajjar (Mah) bt Vivek Jhaveri (Mah) 4-6 6-1 6-3, PS Bhattacharya (Del) bt Vivek Bhakuni (Del) 6-3 7-6, G Fernandes (Mah) bt A Prashant (Kar) 6-3 6-4, K Arvind Prakash (TN) bt Saurav Sukul (WB) 6-2 6-3, Arka Mandal (WB) bt C Tejeshwar (Kar) 1-6 7-6(2) 6-0, AR Anand Kumar (AP) bt B Bharathi Doss (TN) 6-3 6-3, A Singh (Chd) bt Dhananjay Kawade (Mah) 7-6(5) 6-7(5) 6-1.
Girls under-14 singles (PQF): Sania Mirza (AP) bt Anuja Parekh (Mah) 6-0 6-4, Ronak Shah (Mah) bt Naina Karsolia (UP) 6-1 6-0, Lata Assudani (Mah) bt Priyanka Parekh (WB) 7-6(5) 7-6(4), Sandra Sashidharan (Ker) bt Tara iyer (Del) 6-1 6-4, Ronak Shah (Mah) bt Naina Karsowa (UP) 6-1 6-0, Isha Lakhani (Mah) bt Neha Singh (Chd) 6-3 6-3, Ankita Bhambri (Del) bt Sharddha Lodha (Mah) 6-4 7-5, Sanaa Bhambri (Del) bt Maithri Jagannath (Kar) 4-6 7-5 6-1.
