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TS girl topples AP’s fifth seed
Unseeded local contender Kalva Likhitha came from a first set loss to oust the fifth seeded Anusha Kondaveeti from Andhra Pradesh to storm, into the girl’s singles quarterfinals in the TSTA AITA Ranking Tennis Tournament Rs 50k Men & Women week at SATS Tennis Complex here on Tuesday. Second seeded Y Sai Dedeepya cruised ahead with a straight sets win.
Hyderabad: Unseeded local contender Kalva Likhitha came from a first set loss to oust the fifth seeded Anusha Kondaveeti from Andhra Pradesh to storm, into the girl’s singles quarterfinals in the TSTA AITA Ranking Tennis Tournament Rs 50k Men & Women week at SATS Tennis Complex here on Tuesday. Second seeded Y Sai Dedeepya cruised ahead with a straight sets win.
Meanwhile, another unseeded Telangana State player Hevanth V Kumar upset the applecart of the Punjab seven seed Aayush Mintri in straight sets in the men singles pre-quarterfinals.
In another upset, Tamil Nadu’s fifth seeded Guhan Rajan was sent packing by his Statemate, Kavin Masilamani, in three sets.
Results: Pre-quarterfinals-Men singles: Prithvi Sekhar (1 TN) bt Mannepalli Sai Nikhil 6-3,6-4; Sivadeep Kosaraju (6 AP) bt Lohith Aksha Bathrinath (TN) 3-6,6-3,6-4; Theyjo J Oges (TN) bt Rohan Bhatia (MH) 6-1,6-0; Kavin Masilamani (TN) bt Guhan Rajan (5 TN) 4-6,6-3,6-4; Hevanth V Kumar (TS) bt Aayush Mintri (7 PB) 6-3,6-0; B Sai Saran Reddy (AP) bt D Akhil Kumar Reddy (TS) 6-2,6-3; Ajay Prithvik (8 TS) bt T Vinay Kumar (Kar) 6-2,6-4; Krishna Teja Ankam (2 TS) bt Anikait Venkat (TS) 6-2,7-6(5); Women singles: Y Sai Dedeepya (2 TS) bt Sonali Jaiswal (TS) 6-1, 6-0; Prathiba Prasad Narayan (1 Kar) bt Tejasvi Kate (MH) 6-4,5-7,6-1; Smriti Bhasin (TS) bt Akanksha Nitture (MH) 7-5,6-4; Sahaja Yamalapally (TS) bt Deeksha Ajit (AP) 6-1,6-1; Kalva Likhitha (TS) bt Anusha Kondaveeti (5 AP) 1-6,6-1,6-2; C Sravya Shivani (TS) bt Likhitha Landa (AP) 6-3,6-3; Ganeshi Aniyaa (MP) bt Deeksha Ajit (AP) 6-2,6-1; Sunskruti Damera (TS) bt Yashaswini Singh Panwar (MP) 6-4,6-3.
