Bengaluru, May 20 (IANS): Adil Kalyanpur and Shiani Manjanna, both of Karnataka, and top seeds in boys and girls singles, respectively, cruised into the quarterfinals of the SAT Open AITA National Series Under-16 Junior Tennis Championship here on Wednesday.

Adil, who won, a double crown in Hyderabad last week, defeated Gunjan Jhadav 6-2, 6-1 in the boys singles pre-quarter-final tie while Shivani outplayed teammate Ankita Nandakumar 6-1, 6-1.

The seventh seed, Sai Panav Ponaka of Karnatatka went down to Siddarth Thakaan 1-6, 3-6 while Nikita Reddy, who upset second seed Megh Patel in the second round, defeated Atharva Sharma 6-4, 4-6, 6-0 and entered the last eight.

The results (pre-quarter-finals):

Boys singles: Adil Kalyanpur bt Gunjan Jadhav 6-2, 6-1; Himanshu Mor bt Rahul Shankar 6-2, 6-0; S.M. Aadithya bt Vannem Reddy 6-1, 6-2; Siddarth Thakran bt Sai Pranav Ponaka 6-1, 6-3; Varun Venkat bt Amit Beniwal 6-2, 6-4; Srivatsa Ratakonda bt Deepak Kumar 6-4, 7-5; Sai Ganta bt M. Arjun 7-5, 6-4; Nikit M. Reddy bt Atharva Sharma 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.

Girls singles: Shivani Manjanna bt Ankita Nandakumar 6-1, 6-1; Nikita Reddy bt Ishwari Matere 6-4, 6-2; Lasya Patnaik bt Pratibha Prasad Narayna 6-2, 3-6, 7-6(3); S.B. Apoorva bt Annika Kannan 6-2, 6-1; Prarthana Prabhakar bt Neha Mokhasi 6-2, 6-0; Sonashe Bhatnagar bt Ashrita Nagpal 6-7(3), 6-3, 7-6(3); Sivanuja Peddada bt Divya Vaani 6-4, 6-3; Sharanya Gaware bt Sravya Shivani 6-1, 6-0.