NEW DELHI, December 23

Andhra Pradesh s Krishna AS Suresh defeated fourth-seeded GP Pranjesh (Tamil Nadu) 6-1, 7-6 (1) to pull off the biggest upset of the day and enter the boys under-14 singles quarterfinals at the DSCL Open National Tennis Championship at the DLTA Complex here on Tuesday.In the top half of the draw No. 10 Vijayant Mallik (Chandigarh) beat fifth seed Jairaj Desai (Maharashtra) 6-3, 6-1 to provide the second surprise on a day that wasjust as chilly and saw the bystanders wrapped in layers of clothing ¡V with hands in pockets, if not in gloves V while the players sweat it out on court.

It must be said Pranjesh was playing his third match of the day, having won a round each in the boys: under-16 and under-14 draws earlier. Kinshuk Sharma and Peter Agnel Gladwin were the only ones to come through victorious in three starts on Tuesday, moving into the quarterfinals of both the boys sections.

The girls: under-14 draw saw Delhi players send three lesser seeds from Andhra Pradesh crashing out. Sanjana Kapoor defeated No. 7 Niroshita Madanala after losing the first set and Shalini Sahoo defeated No. 8 Prerna Mythry 6-4, 6-3 in the second round while wildcard entrant Karina Ahuja beat No. 6 Sushrutha Reddy late on Monday evening.Karina had a chance to script another upset win over the top-seeded Parija Maloo (Maharashtra) in the under-16 second round when she was serving 40-15 at 4-2 in the third set and again 40-15 at 5-5. She was unable to seal the victory and lost 5-7 to the slightly-built girl from Kamgaon in Maharashtra.

Qualifier Honey Rana as well as Pooja Shree Venkatesh and Neha Rana who caused upsets in the opening round of the boys under-16 and girls under-16 draw on Monday, continued their winning ways and are now in the respective quarterfinals.

The results: Boys under-16 singles

• (Second round): 1 Rohan Gide (Maharashtra) beat q Krishna Karsolia (Uttar Pradesh) 7-6 (5), 6-3;
• 5 Peter Agnel Gladwin (Maharashtra) beat q Vijayant Malik (Chandigarh) 7-6 (4) 6-3;
• 4 GP Pranjesh (Tamil Nadu) beat q Akshay Kohli (Delhi) 6-0, 6-7 (4), 6-2;
• Satyam Patel (Gujarat) beat Uday Karan Punia (Chandigarh) 6-2, 6-1;
• Kinshuk Sharma (Chandigarh) beat Allan Alex Gomes (Gujarat) 6-1, 7-6 (3);
• q Honey Rana (Delhi) beat Suyash Sharma (Madhya Pradesh) 6-2, 6-0;
• 8 Paras Thakur (Chandigarh) beat q Navinder Pal Singh (Chandigarh) 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3;
• 2 M Sai Sanketh (Andhra Pradesh) beat Ankit Patel (Chattisgarh) 6-2, 6-3.

Girls under-16 singles (second round):

• 1 Parija Maloo (Maharashtra) beat Karina Ahuja (Bengal) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5;
• 6 Varsha Dutta (Assam) beat Gayatri Krishnan (Tamil Nadu) 5-7, 6-3, 6-2;
• Pooja Sree Venkatesh (Karnataka) beat q G Janaki Rao (Andhra Pradesh) 6-1, 6-1;
• 5 Shivika Burman (Bengal) beat q Sweta Kumari (Delhi) 6-4, 4-6, 6-2;
• 8 Sushruta Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) beat Radhika Malik (Delhi) 6-2, 6-4;
• 4 Daksha Mulay (Maharashtra) beat Nikunj Kamal (Delhi) 6-2, 6-1;
• Neha Rana (Delhi) beat q Amrita Seth (Delhi) 7-5, 6-1;
• 2 Anukriti Prasad (Delhi) beat q Unnati Purushotham (Andhra Pradesh)7-5, 6-3.

Boys under-14 singles (third round):

• 1 Kinshuk Sharma (Chandigarh) beat q Uday Karan Punia (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-1;
• 10 Vijayant Mallik (Chandigarh) beat 5 Jairaj Desai (Maharashtra) 6-3, 6-1;
• 3 V Vignesh (Tamil Nadu) beat 16 Navinder Pal Singh (Punjab) 6-2, 6-4;
• Krishna Karsolia (Uttar Pradesh) beat Sitaram Sudanwa (Tamil Nadu) 6-4, 6-3;
• 7 Debendra Das (Maharashtra) beat q Satyam Patel (Gujarat) 6-3, 7-6 (3);
• Krishna AS Suresh (Andhra Pradesh) beat 4 GP Pranjesh (Tamil Nadu) 6-1, 7-6 (1);
• 8 Yuki Bhambri (Delhi) beat 11 Sushant Nambiar (Andhra Pradesh) 6-2, 7-6 (6);
• 2 Peter Agnel Gladwin (Maharashtra) beat Priyank Gangadharan (Kerala) 6-2, 6-0.

Second round:

• Kinshuk Sharma beat Luv Sodha (Maharashtra) 6-1, 6-0;
• q Uday Karan Punia beat Vaibhav Iyengar (Tamil Nadu) 6-4, 6-1;
• 10 Vijayant Mallik beat q Dody Siregar (Delhi) 6-2, 6-1;
• 5 Jairaj Desai beat Shaoulin Chandam (Delhi) 6-2, 6-2;
• 3 V Vignesh beat Dhruv Gurwara (Delhi) 6-0, 6-1;
• 16 Navinder Pal Singh beat q Dhruv Gupta (Delhi) 7-6 (2) 6-4;
• Sitaram Sudanwa beat 12 N Sriram Balaji (Tamil Nadu) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3;
• Krishna Karsolia beat Ankit Sachdeva (Delhi) 6-3, 6-2;
• 7 Debendra Das beat Vijay Kamineni (Andhra Pradesh) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3;
• q Satyam Patel beat Ranjan Prasad (Bengal) 7-6 (2), 1-6, 7-6 (1);
• Krishna AS Suresh beat Saharsh Reddy (Andhra Pradesh) 6-0, 6-0;
• 4 GP Pranjesh beat Suman Kumar Debnath (Assam) 6-2, 6-3;
• 8 Yuki Bhambri beat Abhijeet Tiwari (Chattisagarh) 6-1, 6-2;
• 11 Sushant Nambiar beat q Dandu Bhara Raju (Andhra Pradesh) 6-2, 6-0;
• Priyank Gangadharan beat q Prateek Bhambri (Delhi) 6-2, 7-5;
• 2 Peter Agnel Gladwin beat q Rahul Jain (Delhi) 6-0, 6-1.

Girls under-14 singles (second round) :

• 1 Parija Maloo (Mahrashtra) beat Daksha Mulay (Maharashtra) 6-3, 7-5;
• Karina Ahuja (Delhi) beat q Kyati Thakur (Delhi) 6-1, 6-2;
• 3 Varsha Datta (Assam) beat Inayat Khosla (Chandigarh) 4-6, 6-4, 6-1;
• Sanjana Kapoor (Delhi) beat 7 Niroshita Madanala (Andhra Pradesh) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3;
• Shalini Sahoo (Delhi) beat 8 Prerna Mythry (Andhra Pradesh) 6-4, 6-3;
• 4 Shivika Burman (Bengal) beat q Anahita Rana (Gujarat) 6-3, 6-2;
• 5 GK Swetha (Karnataka) beat Nandita Krishnan (Tamil Nadu) 6-1, 6-0;
• 2 Pooja Shree Venkatesh (Karnataka) beat Supriya Mallaya (Tamil Nadu) 6-1, 6-2.