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Top seed Rishi Reddy quelled the challenge of Rajasthan’s Rishiraj Shekawat to advance to the quarterfinals of the PBI-CSE Tennis Academy AITA Rs 1 lakh Men’s tennis championship here on Wednesday. The Bengalurean was a 6-1, 6-2 winner over the visitor rival.

Odisha’s Kabir Hans recorded the only upset of the day when he outplayed fourth seed Dheeraj Kodancha Srinivasan of Tamil Nadu 7-5, 7-5 even as comeback man Vishnu Vardhan of Telangana also advanced to the last eight stage with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Neel Garud of Madhya Pradesh.

Results (Seedings in pre-fix, States in brackets)

Men’s singles Pre-Quarterfinals

1-Rishi Reddy (KA) (1) bt Rishiraj Shekawat (RJ) 6-1, 6-2; 3-Yash Yadav (MP) bt Chetan Gadiyar (GUJ) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3; Oges Theyjo (TN) bt Manish G (KA) 6-3, 6-7 (5-7) 6-4; Kabir Hans (OD) bt 4-Dheeraj Kodancha Srinivasan (TN) 7-5, 7-5; 6-Vivek Gautam (KA) bt Daksh Agarwal (MAH) 6-1, 7-5; 5-Vishnu Vardhan (TS) bt Neel S Garud (MP) 6-3, 6-3; Maanav Jain (KA) bt Deepak A (KA) 6-4, 6-2; 2-Madhwin Kamath (GUJ) bt Rishi Krishna Ayyapan (TN) 6-4, 6-2. 

Doubles Quarterfinals

1-Jayprakash Mohit Mayur (KA) / Yash Yadav (MP) bt Rishi Jalota (UP)/Sivadeep Kosaraju (TS) 6-0, 6-2; 2-Mohammad Sheik Iftikhar (KA) bt Jatin Kurdekar (KA)/Arjun Premkumar (KA) 7-6 (3), 6-2; 4-Kabir Hans (OD)/ Madhwin Kamath (GUJ) bt Deepak A (KA)/Rishi Krishna (TN) 6-4, 7-5; Maanav Jain (KA)/Rishi Reddy (KA) bt Surya Reddy D (AP)/Shimon Shastri (MH) 6-2, 6-2.