Second seed Aarav Chhallani went down fighting against 11-seed Ahaan Jain in a Boy’s under-14 quarter-finals match of the MSLTA-CCI All-India Ranking Tennis Tournament played at the CCI Tennis Courts on Thursday. Jain recorded a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 win to book his place in the semi-finals.
Third seed Arjun Manikanand also crashed out losing to ninth seed Madhav Dadhich in straight sets 2-6, 1-6.
In other quarter-final encounters, seventh seed Ansh Ramani rallied to beat Aarav Mulay 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, while Mahin Zaveri also fought back to defeat Kian Patel 2-6, 6-1, 6-2.
In Girls quarter-finals action, top seed Aaradhya Meena easily defeated sixth seed Kirtiyani Ghatkar 6-1, 6-2 and second seed Jahnavi Tammineedi tamely lost the opening set against Janaki Ravikumar but bounced back to win win the next two to clinch a hard-fought 0-6, 6-0, 7-6(5) win and advance to semi-finals.
Results – Boys U-16 (quarter-finals): 7-Ansh Ramani beat Aarav Mulay 4-6, 6-2, 7-5;
Mahin Zaveri beat Kian Patel 2-6, 6-1, 6-2;
9-Madhav Dadhich beat 3-Arjun Manikanand 6-2, 6-1;
11-Ahaan Jain beat 2-Aarav Chhallani 6-2, 1-6, 6-4.
Girls U-14 (quarter-finals): 1-Aaradhya Meena beat 6-Kirtiyani Ghatkar 6-1, 6-2;
Krishika Gautam beat 4-Ayessha Bagla 2-6, 6-2, 6-3;
3-Padma Rameshkumar beat Aayushri Tarange 6-1, 6-2;
2-Jahnavi Tammineedi beat Janaki Ravikumar 0-6, 6-0, 7-6(5).