Jai Arjun, Malishka oust top seeds

Hyderabad: In two of the biggest upsets in the ongoing AITA-TS Under-14 tennis tournament at Sreenidhi International School in Moinabad, top seeds in both the boys and girls singles competition were shown the door on Thursday.Making a mockery of the seedings, unseeded Jai Arjun accounted for his biggest scalp when he rallied from a first set loss to oust the top seeded Varun Golusupudi while girls top seed Amulya Sukrutha lost in straight sets to eighth seed K Malishka.

Results: All semifinals-Boys singles: Jai Arjun bt Varun Golusupudi (1) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Rohan Kumar (2) bt Siddharth Reddy Vaada (3) 6-1, 6-1; Girls singles: K Malishka (8) bt Amulya Sukrutha (1) 6-3, 6-0; Apurva Vemuri (2) bt Abhaya Vemuri (3) 6-4, 6-1; Boys doubles semifinals: Rohan Kumar and Siddharth Reddy Vaada bt Narain Varma and Balivada Rishik 6-1, 6-1; P Mohit Sai Charan/M Prathinav bt Sadhista Linga/P Rajeswar Reddy 2-6, 6-2, 11-9; Varshith Kumar and Aryanth Reddy bt Aadi Kapoor and Shreyas Shankar 6-4, 6-1;G Varun/G Khushal bt Jai Arjun/Rohan Gandhi 6-4, 2-6, 10-7;