Manraj played some brilliant tennis and relied on passing winners to defeat the much higher ranked Purushottam 6-3, 6-0. Md Shaharyar Salim and Mukesh umar Sharma were the other winners today.

Others to complete the quarter final line up are top seed Avilash Mishra of Orissa, second seed Arjun Patnaik of Andhra, third seed Ishaque Eqbal of Kolkata, sixth seed Shakti Ray of Orissa and unseeded Anubhav Tirath Lal of Kolkata.

In the Boys’ Singles Under-14 Shuvam Roy of Kolkata upset the sixth seeded Jamshedpur boy, Md. Shaharyar Salim in a match which went the full distance. Both the players matched their wits point for point. In the end Roy prevailed 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-3). Rest of the seeds had an easy passage to the quarter-finals.

In the Girls’ Singles Under-14 the three Jamshedpur girls to reach the quarter finals are Suchi Smita Pani, Sushmita Paul and Sushmita Vishwakarma. Sushmita Paul made short work of Shweta Sen from Kolkata 6-1, 6-1. Suchi Smita Pani beat statemate Nishi Jaiswal 6-1, 6-4 to reach the quarters.

Today’s results: Boys’ Singles Under 12 Pre Quarter Finals: Avilash Mishra (1)(Ori)(22) beat Rishabh Shah (WB) 6-2,6-3; Anubhav Tirath Lal (WB)(92) beat Aayush Poddar (WB)(232) 6-2,6-2; Ishaque Eqbal (3)(WB)(27) beat Vishal Aditya Sahoo (Ori) 6-3,6-0; Shakti Ray (6)(Ori)(52) beat Adish A. Mohanty (Ori) 6-0,6-0; Md. Shaharyar Salim (8)(Jha)(62) beat Sushant Rimil Burh (WC)(Jha) 6-2,6-0; Manraj Singh Zandu (Jha)(100) beat Purushottam Dash (4)(Ori)(44) 6-3,6-0; Mukesh Kumar Sharma (WC)(5)(Jha)(49) beat Yashwant Gaggar (WB) 5-7,6-4,6-1; Arjun Patnaik (2)(AP)(24) beat Nitin Kumar Sinha (WB) 6-0,6-0.

Boys’ Singles Under 14 First Round: Rishabh Shah (Q)(WB) beat Yeshwant Gaggar (WC)(WB) 3-6,6-3,6-2; Vikram Aditya Sahoo (Ori) beat Yash Jaiswal (LL)(Jha) 6-1,6-0; Avilash Mishra (Ori)(252) beat Manraj Singh Zandu (Jha)(295) 6-3,6-3; Md. Shaharayar Salim (6)(Jha) beat Aman Dua (LL)(Ori) 6-3,6-2; Shuvam Roy (WC)(WB) beat Ratan Soren (LL)(Jha) 6-0,6-3; Nishat Eqbal (WB)(258) beat Adwithya Pattnaik (Ori)(177) 7-5,6-2; Kahaan Vasa (3)(Guj)(103) beat Muqtadir Ahmed (WB)(174) 6-1,6-1; Arjun Patnaik (4)(AP)(5) beat Ishaque Eqbal (WB)(167) 6-1,6-3; Rahul Singh (Q)(Dli)(258) beat Ranjan Thakur (Jha)(273) 6-3,6-2; Snehanshu Sarangi (Ori) beat Aakash Santuka (Ori) 6-1,6-0.

Boys’ Singles Under 14 Pre Quarter Finals: Shukrit Guha (1)(WB)(49) beat Anubhav Tirath Lal (WB)(248) 6-2,6-4; Shakti Ray (8)(Ori)(156) beat Rishabh Shah (Q)(WB) 6-0,6-0; Harsh Gurnani (4)(WB)(108) beat Vikram Aditya Sahoo (Ori) 6-2,6-0; Avilash Mishra (Ori)(252) beat Vaibhav Kumar (Q)(Bih)(442) 6-2,6-4; Shuvam Roy (WC)(WB) beat Md. Shaharayar Salim (6)(Jha) 4-6,6-2,7-6(7-3); Kahaan Vasa (3)(Guj)(103) beat Nishat Eqbal (WB)(258) 6-3,6-1; Arjun Patnaik (4)(AP)(5) beat Rahul Singh (Q)(Dli)(258) 7-6(8-6), 6-2; Ishank Ravi (Q)(2)(Bih)(79) beat Snehanshu Sarangi (Ori) 6-1,6-0.