Mixed day for Telangana girls
New Delhi: Telangana girls Shrivalli Rashmikaa B and Sama Sathwika cruised ahead in the Fenesta Women Nationals Tournament, albeit in different events here on Thursday. Shrivalli defeated Punjab girl Sara Dev 2-6,6-3,6-3 to enter the semifinals of Under-18 girls singles.
Meanwhile, Sathwika and Mahak Jain of Maharashtra entered the women doubles finals with a straight sets win over Swetha Rana (Delhi) and Telangana girl Nidhi Chilumula 6-2, 6-1 while Sathwika lost to top seeded Zeel Desai 3-6, 3-6 in the women singles quarterfinals.
Results All quarterfinals- Men singles: Arjun Kadhe ( 1 MH) bt Ishaque Eqbal (WB ) 6-0,6-3; Siddharth Rawat(3 UP) bt VM Ranjeet (TN) 7-5,6-0; Nitin Kumar Sinha (5 WB) bt Siddhant J Banthia (3 MH)6-2,6-2; S Vishwakarma (6 UP) bt Manish Sureshkumar (2 TN) 6-4,7-6(4);
Women singles:
Zeel Desai (1 GJ) bt Sathwika Sama(TS) 6-3,6-3; Mahak Jain (2 MH )bt C Shavni Sharvya(TS) 6-2,6-4; Prerna Bhambari (4 DL) bt Humera Shaik (5 TS) 7-5,6-1; Natasha Pahla (Goa) bt Ramya Natrajan (6 TN) 6-2,5-7,7-6(2);
Under-18 boys: Siddhanth Bantia(1 MH)bt Krish Patel (GJ) 6-0,6-3; Calvin Golmei (3 CH) bt Kabir Hans (OD)6-3, 6-7(4), 7/5; Drona Walia (UK) bt Ajay Malik(6 HR) 7-5,6-7(4),6-3; M Kamath (GJ) bt Druv Tangri(PB) 6-4,6-3; U-18 Girls: Sara Yadav (MP) bt Ishita Singh (HR) 6-2,7-5; Rashmikaa S Bamadipaty (PB) bt Sarah Dev(TS) 2-6,6-3,6-3; Sharannya Gaware(2 MH) bt Kashish Bhatia(DL) 6-1,6-3; Humera Shaik(TS) bt Farhat Qamar(RJ) 6-0,6-1.