Aruan shah

US Open Junior Singles: Aryan Shah, the country’s top junior tennis player who had made it to the main draw after two tough qualifying rounds, scored an upset victory over fourth-seeded Sidharth Rawat in a Round of 16 clash in the ITF Kalaburagi Open here on Thursday.

The 18-year-old, after being on the brink of defeat twice in the match, won a hard-fought battle 4-6, 7-6(4), 7-6(3) to enter the quarterfinals at the Chandrashekhar Patil Stadium here on Thursday. Aryan Shah had impressed during his first-round encounter against Adil Kalyanpur.

Apart from Aryan, three other Indians including the man in form and fifth seed Ramkumar Ramanathan, sixth seed Rishab Agarwal, and giant killer Manish Sureshkumar also made it to the last eighth stage. Second seed Matsuda Ryuki of Japan along with his countrymates Ryotaro Taguchi and Seita Watanabe and seventh seed David Pichler of Austria were the other quarterfinalists.