Hyderabad: V Thirumurugan scored a hard-fought 7-6(3), 6-1 win over Tejas Singh Bhatia to enter the quarterfinals of the Riwaaz National series U-14 AITA ranking tournament at the Sania Mirza Academy.
Results (PQFs): Boys: V Thirumurugan bt Tejas Singh Bhatia 7-6(3), 6-1; Kristo Babu bt Fazal Ali Meer 6-3, 6-1; Aanshul Uboveja bt Om Berma 6-3, 6-2; Yash Patel bt Arjun Pardeshi 7-5, 6-2; Avaneesh Chafle bt Srivant Mummadi 7-5, 7-5; Rudra Batham bt Rohith Gobinath 6-3, 6-1; Sumer Mehra bt Shivtej Shirfule 6-1, 6-1; Lokesh Rahul bt Rohan K Vunnam 6-0, 6-0.Girls: Aakruti Sonkusare bt Shaivi Dalal 6-2, 6-4; Pehal Kharadkar bt Anandita Upadhyay 6-3, 6-3; Diya Ramesh bt Mehak Kapoor 6-0, 6-3; Aahan bt Snidha Kanta 6-4, 6-3; Rishitha Bokka bt Princy Mandagalla 6-1, 6-0; Harithashree Venkatesh bt Riddhi Shinde 6-2, 6-1; Jahnvi Asawa bt Anushka Bhola 6-1, 6-4; Nainika Bendram bt Meghana GD 6-3, 6-1.