Tejas Chaukulkar knocked out second seed and former champion Mohit Mayur Prakash in the men's singles while Mihika Yadav shocked the top seed Dhruthi Venugopal in the women's singles of the Fenesta Open, National Tennis Championship, here today.
Tejas came from behind to upset the second seed 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the second round of hard court tournament.
Mihika eked out a hard-fought 6-7(3) 6-1 7-6(3) win to advance in the championship.
Men's top seed Vishnu Vardhan closed the door on Paramveer Bajwa 6-4 6-3 to move to the quarterfinals.
Third seed VM Ranjeet survived a scare from Byreddy Saran before prevailing 7-6 (4) 1-6 7-5 in a match which went down to the wire. There were a number of ups and downs in the long, grinding match where Ranjeet used his experience to pull off a creditable win in cooler conditions but in high humidity.
After showers on Tuesday and a drizzle today, the players were more comfortable as dehydration was not something to worry about. In another close contest fifth seed Kunal Anand, outslugged Faisal Qamar 7-6(2) 4-6 6-2.
Haadin Bava continued to impress with a 6-3 7-5 win against Abhinav Sanjiv.
In the women's event, Delhi girl Shweta Rana upset second seed and statemate Rishika Sunkara in the first round with a thumping 6-0 6-1 win. But in the second round Shweta was on the receiving end as SharmadaBalu registered a creditable 7-6(5) 6-4 win in a two hour and 15 minutes.
Third seed Riya Bhatia underlining her superiority by playing a patient game against Samriti Puniyani for a 6-2 6-1 win in the second round.
Fourth seed Pranjala Yadlapalli did not face much of a trouble in dispatching Aarushi Kakkar 6-1 6-4.
Results: Mens Singles: 2nd Round
Vishnu Vardhan (1) bt Paramveer S Bajwa 6-4 6-3
Tejas Chaukulkar bt Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (2) 4-6 6-3 6-4
VM Ranjeet (3) bt Byreddy Saran 7-6 (4) 1-6 7-5
Kunal Anand (5) bt Faisal Qamar 7-6(2) 4-6 6-2
Dalwinder Singh bt Anshu Bhuyan 6-3 6-3
S Vishwakarma bt D Suresh 6-3 6-4
Haadin Bava bt Abhinav Sanjiv 6-3 7-5
Jayesh Punliya bt Irfan Hussain 6-2 6-1.
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