Guwahati, Jan. 23: Unseeded Nagaon girl Shristi Barua today caused a major upset in the girls’ (under-14) singles pre-quarterfinal of the Oil India All Assam Junior Tennis tournament defeating fourth seed Sanghamitra Thakur from Guwahati 4-2.

In the boys’ (under-14) section, Vishal Vivek Saikia of Golaghat caused another major upset beating fourth seed Jonet Tausiv of Guwahati 4-2 in the pre-quarterfinal. The under-14 boys’ and girls’, along with the under-12 girls’, had to play best of seven games. The boys in the under-12 had to play best of nine.

All other seeded players in the boys’ and girls’ sections won their respective matches.

Today’s results: Boys’ singles (under-12) pre-quarterfinals: Mayank Borkakoty bt Bhaiju Panging 5-4, Bedabrata Mahanta bt Asutosh Kashyap 5-1, Avinandan Das bt Archies Borthakur 5-2, Akrashish M. Talukdar bt Vishal Vivek Saikia 5-3, Nishant Pathak bt Swagat Barua 5-1, Rishik Dutta bt Migam Dolley 5-1, Anchit Talukdar bt Abranil Saikia 5-2, Raktim Roy Choudhory bt Vishal Raj Dutta 5-2.

Boys’ singles (under-14): Madhurjya Dutta bt Anchit Talukdar 4-1, Animesh Sarma bt Asutosh Kashyap 4-0, Sauvik Sarma bt Arnab L. Barua 4-0, Mayang Borkakoty bt Prit Pal Singh 4-0, Arnab Duwarah bt Manash Gogoi 4-3, Mithin Raj Goswami bt Niloy Dutta 4-3, Ripon B. Gohain bt Archies Borthakur 4-3, Avinagshu Borthakur bt Nishant Pathak 4-0, Vishal Saikia bt Jonaid Tashif 4-2, Arkashish Talukdar bt Sagar Goswami 4-0, Himangshu Saikia bt Avishikesh Medhi 4-1, Avinandan Das bt Vinayak Thakur 4-3, Arindam Dutta bt Abhijit Gogoi 4-1.

Girls’ singles (under-14): Rizwana Begum bt Sarojini Chakraborty 4-0, Geetarthi Bharali bt Mitakshra Medhi 4-3, Chirangi kakoty bt Manaswainee Hazarika 4-1, Maurisa Dutta bt Ishita Bharali 4-0, Jyotishmita Khaund bt Abhishruti Sarma 4-1, Pratiksha Sarma bt Sivangi Gogoi 4-1, Sumaiyah Begum bt Rituparna Das 4-0, Shristi Barua bt Sanghamitra Thakur 4-2.

Girls’ singles (under-12): Adrika Thakuria bt Safia Khatun 4-0, Rizwana Begum bt Rituparna Das 4-0, Shristi Barua bt Ishita Bharali 4-1, Shreyashi Dutta bt Mrigakhi Deka 4-1, Sanghamitra Thakur Odesey Saikia 4-2, Jyotishmita Khaund bt Ankita Duwarah 4-0, Sonali Das bt Aneswa Sarmah 4-2, Geetarthi Bharali bt Pratiksha Sarma 4-1, S. Begum bt Aneswa Das 4-2, Dhritidhara Kashyap bt M. Medhi 4-1, Sivangi Gogoi bt Dhriti Pathak 4-2.