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Nidi scores upset win enroute to quarterfinal

Published on 28 September, 2021 12.00am IST

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Nidi Buvila S advanced to the quarterfinal in style when she sent the top seed Meenakshi Lavakumar reeling in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 in the Sportle Topspin AITA CS 7 U-18, held under aegis of KSLTA here on Tuesday.

 Indian National Junior team member Kriish Ajay Tyagi outplayed sixth seed Deepak Sridhar in three sets 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the last eight stage. Also scoring upset wins were Thanush Ghindyal who beat fifth seed Anirudh Adithya 6-1, 6-2 and Vaibhav Krishna who ousted third seed Tarun Vetrivelan 5-7, 6-2, 7-5.

 Results Round-2

 Boys U-18

 1-Jason Micheal David bt Sai Adith 6-2, 6-2; Rishi Raghevendra bt Shaun Shah 6-3, 7-6 (7-3); Kriish Ajay Tyagi bt 6-Deepak Sridhar 0-6, 7-5, 6-3; Thanush Ghindyal bt 5-Anirudh Adithya 6-1, 6-2; Vaibhav Krishna bt 3-Tarun Vetrivelan 5-7, 6-2, 7-5; 2-Rishi Vandhan bt Sarth Arvind 6-3, 7-6 (7-5)

 Girls U-18

Nidi Buvila S bt 1-Meenakshi Lavakumar 6-4, 6-2; Surabhi Srinivas bt Binitha Rakesh 6-2, 6-3; Danica Nirmal F bt 5-Subratha Subhranjali 6-3, 3-1 (retd)

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