Unseeded R. Sagarika Sonni of Karnataka, displaying excellent grit, played well in the crucial points and pulled off an upset win over third seed Ishita D. Jhadav of Maharashtra 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4 and entered the quarter-finals in the girls U-18 singles event on the second day of the KPTTA-MTC AITA U-18 (boys & girls) Championship Series Tennis Tournament played at the Mysore Tennis Club here, yesterday.

In the boys U-18 singles, local lad and G. Manish also scored an upset win over sixth seed state-mate Shashank A. Narde 6-2, 6-3 to enter the last eight stage of the tournament. Top-seed G.S. Sanjay (Kerala), second seed and local lad Aryan Ashwath Pathange sailed into the quarter-finals with good wins over their respective rivals.

Results: U-18: Boys singles (pre-quarterfinals): Sanjay (KER) bt Arya Rajat Raj (TN) 6-1, 6-4, Anand Prakash Gupta (UP) bt Manas Girish (KAR) 6-1, 6-0, Arnav Pathange (KAR) bt  Arjun (KAR) 6-0, 6-0, G. Manish (KAR) bt Shashank Narde (KAR) 6-2, 6-3, Sai Siddharth Nandakumar (TEL) bt Nanaiah Somaiah (KAR) 6-3, 6-3, Rishi Pavethan (KAR) bt Eshwar Shashidhar (KAR) 6-3, 7-6 (2), D. Harshavardhan (TN) bt Arjun Rathnam (TN) 6-3, 6-2, Aryan Ashwath Pathange (Kar) bt Savan Anish (TN) 6-2, 6-0.

Girls: Yashaswini Singh (MP) bt Rani Jenifer 6-1, 6-0, Nitya Shekar bt Chandini Murali 6-3, 6-2, Kushi Santosh (KAR) bt Akanksha (KAR) 6-2, 6-3, Nivedita Shankar (Kar) bt Mounika 6-2, 6-2, Yashomathi (TN) bt Avanthi Ram 6-1, 6-1, Sagarika Sonni (KAR) bt Ishita Jhadhav (MAH) 7-5, 6-7 (4), 6-4, Sagaya Angelin Shalini bt Chaithali  Narde (KAR) 6-1, 6-3, Sanjana Sirimalla (TEL) bt M. Jaisha (KAR) 6-1, 6-0.