R. Avinash continued his good run in the AITA Talent Series junior tournament by advancing into the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over second seed S. Supreeth Dev.

In another upset, Rohan Gaonkar defeated third seed Varun Satyanarayan 6-1, 6-2.

In the boys’ under-12 singles, Evans Mirajkar crushed second seed Mihir Roy Chowdhry 6-0, 6-1 to enter the last eight, while top seed B.R. Nikshep defeated Nischal 6-2, 7-6(2). Two other quarterfinal ties were halted due to bad light.

Results:

Singles: Boys: U-16: Sagar Manjunath bt Kashyap Ashok 7-6(0), 6-3; Venkatesh Krishnan (TN) w/o Hemanth Kumar; Rohan Gaonkar bt Varun Sathyanarayan 6-1, 6-2; R. Avinash bt Supreeth Dev 6-3, 6-3.U-12: Evans Mirajkar bt Mihir Roy Chowdhry 6-0, 6-1; B.R. Nikshep bt Nischal 6-2, 7-6(2).

Girls: U-16: S.P. Ritu bt Uttara Krishna Kumar 6-1, 6-2; Preethi Gokhale bt Pooja Patil 7-6(3), 3-6, 6-3; Preethi Ujjini bt Swathi Kumar 6-2, 6-3; Jane Jacob bt Shruthi Ashok 6-3, 4-6, 6-3.U-12: Nandana Das (TN) bt C.R. Nidhitra (TN) 6-3, 6-3; Taarani Chandramouli bt Shreya Mahadevan (TN) 6-0, 6-3; Abhipsha bt Jennifer (Mah) 6-4,7-5; Kavya N. Kumar bt Swetha Samuel 6-4, 7-6(4).