Nandini Das from Maharashtra authored the only upset of Thursday when she defeated eighth seeded and compatriot Devanshi G. Bhimjivani 6-4, 6-1 en route to the semi-finals of the girls singles in the AITA Adidas-MCC Junior National tennis championship here.
In the semi-finals, Das will take on second seeded Samhitha Sai from Tamil Nadu, who blanked D. Navanika Reddy (AP) 6-0, 6-0. Top seeded Snehadev S. Reddy (TN) faces No.7 Dhruthi T. Venugopal (Karnataka).
The results (Quarter-finals):
Boys singles: 1-Shaikh Abdulla (AP) bt 9-Nikshep BR (AP) 6-3,3-6,7-6(2); 4-Adavelly Kumara P (AP) bt Raswant Ravi (TN) 6-3,4-6,7-6(3); Neeraj Elangovan (TN) bt Mukund Sasikumar (TN) 6-1,6-4; Nitin Kumar Sinha (WB) w/o 14-Ronit Singh Bisht (DL).
Girls singles: 1-Snehadev S Reddy (TN) bt 6-Karman Kaur Thandi (DL) 6-2,6-0; 7-Dhruthi T Venugopal (KA) bt 13-Zeel Desai (GJ) 6-1,4-6,6-2; Nandini Das (MH) bt 8-Devanshi G Bhimjiyani (MH) 6-4,6-1; 2-Samhitha Sai C (TN) bt D Nayanika Reddy (AP) 6-0,6-0.