On a bad day for the top two seeds at the Fenesta Open Junior National Tennis championship, top seed Sathwika Sama and second seed Shivani Ingle crashed out after losing their quarterfinals, here today.
Sabhyata Nihalani dumped top seed Sathwika Sama 6-0 7-5 in the Girls Under-16 quarter-finals while Shivani Ingle lost 6-4, 4-6, 1-6 to Akanksha Bhan.
The other two girls to win their quarter-finals were Mahak Jain and Prinkle Singh.
In Boys' Under-16, for the first time top seed Parikshit Somani was tested as he prevailed over Sivadeep Kosaraju 6-4 7-5 to make the semis.
Adil Kalyanpur, the second seed, walked through to a smooth 6-4 6-2 win against Yugal Bansal. Third and Fourth seed Siidhanth Bhatia and Nitin Sinha also booked their last four berths.
In the Girls Under-14 event, top seed Prinkle Singh was at the receiving end as she was caught unaware by Sharannaya Gaware, with the latter winning 6-3, 6-3. Shreya Gulia, seed two, defeated Muskan Gupta 1-6, 7-5, 6-4. The third seed Mehak Jain had an easy outing in the quarter finals and beat Shaikh Humera 6-1,6-1.
In Boys' Under-14, second seed Sacchitt Sharrma comfortably moved into the semi-finals by defeating Aaryan Mehul Zaveri 6-2, 6-3 while fifth seed Shashank Teertha whipped Rhythm Malhotra 6-1, 6-1. Mann Maulik Shah and Shashikant Rajput also entered into the semi-finals.
