Vijayant, Abhijit, Ronak enter quarters, Archana upset

Chennai, Aug 15 (UNI) Top seed Vijayant Malik and Abhijit Tiwari of Chandigarh and Ronak Manuja of Maharastra entered the quarter finals of the Adidas - MCC National Junior Tennis Championship 2007 on here today.

While Vijayant Malik defeated Nihal Kapoor of Tamil Nadu in straight sets 6-2,6-0, Abhijit Tiwari defeated Chandril Sood of Uttar Pradesh 6-4, 6-2 and Ronak Manuja trounced Gugan Varma in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(7) which included a tie-break.

In boys singles under 14 yrs pre quarter finals, K Pradeep Reddy of Andhra Pradesh defeated Sai Teja of Andhra Pradesh 6-4,6-1.

In girls singles under 18 years category, unseeded Rachita Sardha of Karnataka trounced top seed V Archana of Andhra Pradesh in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 to enter the second round.

Results-- Boys Singles Under 18 (Pre-Quarter Finals) Vijayant Malik (CHD) bt Nihal Kapoor (TN) 6-2,6-0 Prateek Bhambri (DLI) bt V Vignesh (TN) 6-4, 6-4 Sriram Balaji (TN) bt Lakshit sood (UP) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 Vihesh Bhatia (TN) bt A S Ashwin Nambi(TN) 6-3, 6-4 Harshvardhan Thirani(WB) bt Mansingh Athre (MAH) 6-2, 6-4 Irfan Hussain (TN) bt Samir Patwardhan (MAH) 7-6(6) 7-5 Abhijit Tiwari (CHD) bt Chandril Sood (UP) 6-4, 6-2 Ronak Manuja (MAH) bt Gugan Varma (TN) 4-6, 6-4,7-6(7) Boys Singles Under 14 (Pre-Quarter Finals) Mohit Mayur (TN) bt Vinod Gowda (KAR) 6-2, 6-3 Rakshay K Thakkar (MAH) bt Q Ajay Yadhav (CHD) 6-2, 6-4 K Pradeep Reddy (AP) bt Sai Teja Paladugu (AP) 6-4, 6-1 Surya Pawan (AP) bt Arjun Khade (MAH) 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 R Ram Kumar (TN) bt Vishal Passi (MAH) 6-3, 6-1 Tushal Thawani (MAH) bt Siddharth Rawat (UP) 6-4, 7-6(5) Dig Vijay Singh (HP) bt Suraj Konnar (GUJ) 6-0, 6-3 Ronit Bishit (DLI) bt Sharon Patel (KAR) 6-3, 6-2 Girls Singles Under 18 II Round Rachita Sardha (KAR) Bt V Archana (AP) 6-1, 6-2 Nilaya (AP) Bt Rishika Sunkara (DLI) 6-2, 6-7(3) 6-2 Nimisha Mohan (TN) Bt K Sumana (TN) 6-3, 6-0 UNI