Mandya, Feb 8: Arjun Manikandan made a dream start to the AITA U-12 TS-7 event when he showed fourth seed Jagruth Kasireddy the door to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the PET Cup hosted by Top Serve Tennis Academy here on Monday. On a day when most of the matches were stretched beyond the expected time and forced the organisers to postpone at least six first round matches to tomorrow, Arjun brushed past Jagruth 6-2, 6-0 in just 54 minutes.
Results (1st Round) (Seedings in pre-fix and State (unless Karnataka) in parenthesis)
Boys U-12
1-Diganth M bt Lohith Anand 6-0, 6-3; Manish Kumar bt Yojith Reddy 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 (10-4); Ruhan Komandur bt Rhunmaan Mahesh 6-1, 6-4; Arjun Manikandan bt 4-Jagruth Kasireddy 6-2, 6-0; Stephen Dylan bt Keerthan Vishwas 6-0, 6-0; Puneeth M bt Lohith M 6-3, 6-1; Vedant Shandilya bt Ishaan Badagi 6-2, 6-1.
Girls U-12
Adya Chaurasia bt Samahitha Mudol 6-1, 6-2; Anila Kupia bt Deeksha Goutham 6-1, 7-5; Unnathi Muralidhar bt bt Akriti E 6-1, 7-5; Disha Kumar bt Sanvi Prakashraj 6-3, 6-1; Saanvi Naik bt Purvi Pavan 7-5, 7-5
