C.S. Praneeta in action during a singles’ match at Chachal Tennis Complex in Guwahati on Wednesday. Picture by eastern Projections

Guwahati, June 30: Qualifier Arunanshu Borthakur caused a major upset while unseeded Nagaland lad Gaigeng Pamei caused double upsets on the third day of the Indian Oil AITA Championship Series Tennis tournament at the Chachal Tennis Complex here today.

Borthakur toppled under-16 boys’ top seed Madhurjya Dutta 4-1, 4-1 in an all-Assam pre-quarterfinal round match.

Pamei, in his match, shocked second seed Prateek Alakesh 2-4, 4-3 (6), 4-0 to make it to the under-14 boys’ singles quarter-finals. He also booked a berth in the under-16 boys’ singles quarters getting the better of fourth seed Arindam Dutta 1-4, 4-3 (3), 4-1.

The day witnessed several more upsets.

In the under-14 boys’ singles pre-quarterfinals, unseeded Vishal V. Saikia stunned fourth seed Kamran Ali 4-2, 4-1, Amlanjyoti Baruah shocked sixth seed Rahul Manoah 4-1, 4-2 and Parikshit Somani blanked out eighth seed Nikunj Poddar 4-0, 4-0.

In the under-16 boys’ courts, qualifier Iciraibe Salie came back from a set behind to overcome third seed Kushal Mulay 1-4, 4-3 (3), 4-1 and Sidhant Deka surprised Richie Agarwal 4-1, 4-3 (5).

The girls’ under-16 singles pre-quarterfinals too comprised three upsets. Amrita Nath toppled second seed Nikita Deshmukh 1-4, 4-2, 4-2, Sruta Kirti Gunaganti shocked seventh seed Marisha Dutta 4-2, 4-2 and Sanghamitra Thakur overcame eighth seed Sayani Saha 4-1, 4-3 (3).

Amrita Nath and Gunaganti also made it to the girls’ under-14 singles semi-finals along with C. S Praneeta and Kumari Sendil Deepika. Nath defeated Sreyoshi Dutta 6-2, 6-1, Gunaganti eased past Tanvi Kamble 6-1, 6-0, Praneeta prevailed over Maitry Phukan 6-2, 6-0 and Deepika crushed D. Lalita 6-0, 6-1 in the quarter-final matches played today.

Some of the results:

Boys’ U-14 (pre-quarters): Prateek Alkesh bt Nabarun Gogoi 4-2, 4-2, Abhinandan Das bt Archis Borthakur 4-1, 4-0, Arkashish Talukdar bt Kepeville Khate 4-3 (6), 4-1, Taha Kapadia bt A. Zhaputso Khate 4-2, 4-2.

Boys’ U-16 (pre-quarters): Md. Azhar bt Arkashish Talukdar 4-2, 4-2, Yuvraj Bains bt Nikunj Poddar 2-4, 4-2, 4-2, Kenesizuoto bt Swapnil P. Singh 4-1, 4-1, Prateek Alkesh bt Nabarun Gogoi 4-2, 4-2.

Girls' U-16 (pre-quarters): Andrita Dev bt Veena Singh 4-2, 4-0, Apekshita Alkesh bt Anangsha Alomyan 4-2, 4-2, Kumaran S. Deepika bt Protiksha Sharma 4-2/4-2, C.S. Praneetha bt Jayati Sharma 4-2, 4-0, Adrita Banerjee bt Manaswinee Hazarika 4-1, 4-2.