MARAT Al Tair and Eira Corral scored thrilling victories to storm into the quarter-finals of 9-10-years-and-under unisex section of the Fifth EK Kanoo Juniors Open Tennis Championship at Bahrain Tennis Club in Juffair yesterday.
Tair edged out Ashwin Aryan 6-5 while Eira pipped Aditya Sai Krishna by the same margin.
In the other pre-quarter-finals, Aseem Khaled beat Mahika Pathak 6-2, Janahi Marwan got the better of Masri Mahmood 6-3, Manners Tristan route Isa Sarwani 6-0; Yousef Al Shehabi was too good for Essam Janahi 6-1, Rushikesh Sonawane got the better of Nader Nadeen 6-0 and Rohan Mukherjee proved too good for Yousef Wael Elmoslimany 6-0.
In the 6-8-years-and-under unisex division, Vyom Gupta, Lucy Thate, Dhruv Karia, Jenan Majeed, Riyaan Ahmed, Hamza Mouza, Omar Bader and Jacob Joshua had no difficulty in cruising into the quarter-finals.
Vyom beat Hajjar Bochra 4-0, Lucy beat Abhijay Karnam 4-0, Dhruv beat Clark Sayago 4-1, Jehan beat Suhani Mittal 4-0, Riyaan beat Janeesha Senaratne 4-0, Hamza beat James Colkit 4-1, Omar beat Ashok Tanishqa 4-0 and Jacob beat Omar Zainal 4-0.
Today’s quarter-finals start at 4pm.