Gohad won 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-3 in a two-hour, twenty-minute battle in the tournament organised by Endurance Marathwada-MSLTA tennis center here.
In the girls' event, top seed Sudipta Kumar of Maharashtra sailed past Saniya Masand of Karnataka 6-0, 6-1 to enter the last eight.
The results (Pre-quarterfinals) Boys:
Krishan Hooda(CH)(1) bt Ronin Lotlikar(Kar)6-1, 6-1;
Dhanya Shah(Guj)(7) bt Ajay Singh(CH)(11)6-0, 1-6, 6-4;
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Aman Dahiya(Har)(4) bt Sanmay Gandhi(Mah)(14)6-1, 6-3;
Yashraj Dalvi(Mah)(10) bt (Q)Sandesh Kurale(Mah)6-3, 6-2;
Anirudh Krishna(Har) bt Karim Khan(Mah)(13)6-3, 6-4;
Arjun Gohad(Mah)(9) bt Kartik Saxena(Del)(6) 7-6(6), 5-7, 6-3;
Udit Gogoi(Assam)(2) bt Manav JainKar) 6-2, 6-3;
Girls:
Sudipta Kumar(Mah)(1) bt Saniya Masand(Kar)(13) 6-0, 6-1;
Renne Singla(Har)(6) bt Renee Singh(Raj)(9) 6-2, 6-0;
Sanjana Sirimalla(TS)(3) bt Riya Bhosale(Mah) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2;
Aditi Narayan(Kar)(10) bt Yana Dhamija(Har)(8) 6-3, 6-2;
Adithi Are(TS) bt Ishita Jadhav(Mah) 6-2, 6-3;
Poorvi Bhatt(UP)(15) bt Naisha Srivastav(Kar)6-4, 1-6, 6-0;
Rutuja Chaphalkar(Mah)(5) bt Kristi Boro(Assam)(11) 6-0, 6-0;
Srujana Rayarala(2) bt Ria Washimkar(14)6-0, 6-1.