No seeded players in men’s semis

Yash Deshpande,the second seed from Maharashtra who was expected to win the title after the ouster of top seed Arpit Sharma,but was made to bite the dust by Rakshit Rishi as he lost 6-2,5-7,6-4. Yash started on a false start and lost the first set 6-2 but he made a promising return in the second set and he made full use of this and claimed the set 7-5. However,Rishi toppled him when qualifier won the final set 6-4.

Third seed Siddhesh Khade of Maharashtra lost to Ajay Yadav,5-7,6-3,6-0,in the quarter-final encounter,while fourth seed Bharat Bhardwaj of Haryana went down fighting to Deepinder Bains,2-6,7-5,6-4.

Also,there were few disappointments in the women’s quarter-final encounters too. Sanya Madan,the top seed who had got bye into the second round,was beaten comprehensively by Rajbir Kaur who recorded an easy 6-0,6-1 victory. Sixth seed Kirandeep Kotade of Gujarat also lost her quarter-final match to Pooja Mourya of Punjab,4-6,6-4,6-2.

The other seeded players won their respective matches.

Results:

Quarter-finals: Men: Gurvinder Mann (DLI) bt Sahil Sachdeva 6-1,6-1; Gurinder Singh bt Ronit Bisht 3-6,6-1,6-3; Ajay Yadav bt Siddhesh Khade (MAH) 5-7,6-3,6-0; Ankit Sachdeva bt Vilasier Khate (NTA) 6-1,6-4; Gagan Sharma (RAJ) bt Dhruv Goyal (DLI) 6-2,6-2; Deepinder Bains bt Bharat Bhardwaj (HAR) 2-6,7-5,6-4; Hardeep Sandhu (PB) bt Garry Tokas (DLI) 6-2,6-2; Rakshit Rishi bt Yash Deshpande (MAH) 6-2,5-7,6-4;

Women: Rajbir Kaur (PB) bt Sanya Madan (UP) 6-0,6-1; Simran Wadhwa (DLI) bt Pragya Sinha 6-0,6-2; Vineeta Singh (DLI) bt Nikita Bishnoi (HAR) 0-6,6-3,6-0; Avika Sagwal bt Simarjeet Kaur 6-3,6-2; Samriti bt Jaya Bhandari 6-2,6-2; Shehnaz Singh (DLI) bt Sachi Belwal (UTK) 3-6,6-4,6-0; Pooja Mourya (PB) bt Kirandeep Kotade (GUJ) 4-6,6-4,6-2; Renu Sharma (NTA) bt Gayatri Kumariah (CHD) 2-6,6-3,6-0.