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Top seed Akash Wagh upset

Chennai, Sep 13 (UNI) Top seeded Akash Wagh was upset by his compatriot Fariz Mohammad 6-4, 6-0 in the boys singles under-18 pre-quarter finals of the wilson-TTT ITF Juniors tennis tournament here today.

Nothing went right for the top seed who committed far too many errors. The first set loss took the stuff out of him as Fariz reeled off the second set without conceding a game.

In the girls sixth seeded Nandita Krishnan was felled by wild card entrant Kyra Shroff 6-2, 6-3.

Results : Pre-quarterfinals: (All Indians otherwise mentioned): Boy's: Fariz Mohammed bt Akash Wagh 6-4, 6-0 Priyank Gangadharan bt Rubai Shandilya 6-3, 6-2 Ankit Sachdeva bt Ryousuke Yokoyamo (Japan) 5-7, 7-6(4), 6-4 Prateek Bhambri bt Kejiro Yasumi (Japan) 6-2, 7-5 N Sriram Balaji bt Akshay Kohli 6-3, 6-2 Mansingh Athare bt Debendra Das 6-3, 7-6(5) A S Suresh Krishna bt Christopher Marquis 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 Allan Gomes bt Kaushik Das 6-2, 6-3.

Girls: Parija Maloo bt R Tanvi Shah 6-2, 6-4 Kyra shroff bt Nandita Krishnan 6-2, 6-3 T Nilaya bt Shahin Ansari 6-3, 7-5 Nimisha Mohan bt Sonia Dayal 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 Kelsey Sundaram (US) bt Aki Yamasoto (Japan) 6-1, 6-0 Prema Bhambri bt Aadnya Naik 6-3, 7-6(5) Rashmi Teltumbe bt Likitha Devraj 6-1, 6-0 Haruka Naito (japan) bt Aarthi Duraisamy 6-2, 6-3.

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