Bengaluru, July 26: Saanvi Misra who is five months younger to her seventh seeded opponent Tamanna Saha of West Bengal but ranked over 150 ranks below her. But neither the age nor the ranking mattered much as the lass from Karnataka put up a spirited performance script an upset victory to enter the quarterfinals of the Nichsolv AITA Super Series U-16 at KSLTA here on Tuesday.
However it was qualifier V Chingatagere Naveen who created the biggest flutter of the day when she ousted third seed Arzan Khorakiwala 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-3 (both Karnataka) in a match that lasted close to three hours. Meanwhile in the Boys category, qualifier Anurag Kallambella upset fourth seed Gandharv Kothapalli 7-6 (5) 6-2 to advance to the last eight stage.
RESULTS (Seedings in prefix, States in bracket except players from Karnataka)
Boys Singles (Pre-quarterfinal)
1-Aradhya Kshitij bt Q-Kaushik Arunkumar (KER) 6-1, 6-2; Q-Rurik Rajini bt P Saravanakumar (Puducherry) 6-3, 6-3; Ananth Krishna bt Aaditya Iyengar (MAH) 6-1, 6-1; 8-Kristo Babu bt Suhas Soma 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Yash Panchaxari bt Aahil Ayaz 6-2, 6-3; Q-Anurag Shourya Kallambella bt 4-Gandharv Kothapalli 7-6 (5), 6-2; Prakaash Sarran bt Vishal Ramishetty (AP) 6-4, 6-0; 2-Sriniketh Kannan bt Dattatreya V (TN) 6-1, 6-1.
Girls Singles (Pre-quarterfinal)
1-Harshini bt Meghana GD 6-0, 6-2; Anvi Punaganti bt Q-Shreyansi Gheware 6-1, 6-3; 4-Savitha Bhuvaneswaran bt Gamya Gupta (PUN) 6-0, 6-0; Saanvi Misra bt. 7-Tamanna Saha (WB) 6-3, 7-6 (6); Q-Indusha Nimakayala bt Kasturi VG 7-6 (3), 4-1 (retd); Q-V Chingatagere Naveen bt 3-Arzan Khorakiwala 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-3; Q-Disha Santosh Khandoji bt Q-Aahida Singh 1-0 (retd); 2-Lukshitha Gopinath (TN) bt Avvai Vivekanandan (Puducherry) 6-4, 6-0.
ENDS
