Bengaluru, Feb 24 (Ians) Venkatesh Subramanya and Meghana G.D. stunned the top seeds in the boys' and girls' categories respectively to enter the semifinals of the Kslta under-14 Talent Series here on Wednesday.
While Subramanya outplayed Shourya Bhattacharya 6-3, 6-3, Meghana upset Zynah Amber Salar 7-5, 6-1 at the Kslta courts.
In the first semifinal, Subramanya will clash with Gandharva Kothapalli who was a 6-4, 6-0 winner over Srikar Doni. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu's seeded second Siva Prasath K. will clash with No.3 Kshitij Aradhya in the other semifinal.
In the girls' semifinals, Meghana will take on Disha Khandoji who has worked her way up while third seed Sushmita Ravi will lock horns with second seed Snigdha Kanta in the other last-four tie.
Results (quarterfinals):
Boys U-14: 6-Venkatesh Subramanya bt 1-Shourya Bhattacharya 6-2, 6-3; Gandharva Kothapalli bt Srikar Doni 6-4, 6-0; 3-Kshitij Aradhya bt Rajesh Kaushik 7-6 (2), 6-2; 2-Siva...
While Subramanya outplayed Shourya Bhattacharya 6-3, 6-3, Meghana upset Zynah Amber Salar 7-5, 6-1 at the Kslta courts.
In the first semifinal, Subramanya will clash with Gandharva Kothapalli who was a 6-4, 6-0 winner over Srikar Doni. Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu's seeded second Siva Prasath K. will clash with No.3 Kshitij Aradhya in the other semifinal.
In the girls' semifinals, Meghana will take on Disha Khandoji who has worked her way up while third seed Sushmita Ravi will lock horns with second seed Snigdha Kanta in the other last-four tie.
Results (quarterfinals):
Boys U-14: 6-Venkatesh Subramanya bt 1-Shourya Bhattacharya 6-2, 6-3; Gandharva Kothapalli bt Srikar Doni 6-4, 6-0; 3-Kshitij Aradhya bt Rajesh Kaushik 7-6 (2), 6-2; 2-Siva...
- 2/24/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Bengaluru, Feb 23 (Ians) Gandharv Kothapalli didn't like anything about his game and squarely blamed on his opponent's performance that he felt was not up to the potential. In the process, the 13-year-old student of the Whitefield Global School ousted fourth seed Abhishek Subramaniam in straight sets 6-1, 6-0 to enter quarterfinals of the Kslta under-14 Talent Series on Tuesday.
Winning the third game in the first set was the best Subramaniam could manage at the Kslta courts.
Meanwhile, Disha Khandoji, who had made it to the main draw as a qualifier, continued her good run when she sent home the eighth seed Umam Ahmad 6-4, 6-0 to enter quarterfinals. Disha, 13, served well throughout the match. After the opponents had held their respective serves in the first six games, Umam broke Disha's serve to lead 4-3 and that seemed to be the last time in the match as the Sindhi High...
Winning the third game in the first set was the best Subramaniam could manage at the Kslta courts.
Meanwhile, Disha Khandoji, who had made it to the main draw as a qualifier, continued her good run when she sent home the eighth seed Umam Ahmad 6-4, 6-0 to enter quarterfinals. Disha, 13, served well throughout the match. After the opponents had held their respective serves in the first six games, Umam broke Disha's serve to lead 4-3 and that seemed to be the last time in the match as the Sindhi High...
- 2/23/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Bengaluru, Feb 22 (Ians) Ruhan Komandur came through three qualifying rounds to make it to the main draw. On Monday, he shocked fifth seed Mohammed Zaahir Salar to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Kslta under-14 Talent Series tennis tournament.
Ruhan made a super comeback after losing the first set in a tie-breaker at four before winning the next two sets at identical score of 6-4 at the Kslta courts.
In the other upset results of the day, qualifier Paul Charan scored a 6-4, 6-4 victory over seventh seed Lethaeesh Kombila while Kristo Babu beat the eighth seed Anish Sharma 6-2, 7-5.
In the girls' category, all eight seeds advanced to the last 16 stage by registering easy wins. The march of the seeds was led by the top seed Zynah Amber Salar who brushed aside the challenge of Qualifier Aahida Singh 6-3, 7-5.
Results (1st Round):
Boys U-14: 1-Shourya Bhattacharya...
Ruhan made a super comeback after losing the first set in a tie-breaker at four before winning the next two sets at identical score of 6-4 at the Kslta courts.
In the other upset results of the day, qualifier Paul Charan scored a 6-4, 6-4 victory over seventh seed Lethaeesh Kombila while Kristo Babu beat the eighth seed Anish Sharma 6-2, 7-5.
In the girls' category, all eight seeds advanced to the last 16 stage by registering easy wins. The march of the seeds was led by the top seed Zynah Amber Salar who brushed aside the challenge of Qualifier Aahida Singh 6-3, 7-5.
Results (1st Round):
Boys U-14: 1-Shourya Bhattacharya...
- 2/22/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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