Bhilare storms into quarters; Phadke’s run ends

In the battle between two Maharashtra girls,unseeded Supriya Mallaya was leading 5-3 in the first set when seventh seed Phadke conceded the match due to injury.

Pune’s top seed Sayali Bhilare lost only three games in her pre-quarterfinal encounter against Tanasha Khandpur,while second seed Varunya Chandrashekhar was equally dominating throughout the match as she beat Prachi Naidu 6-0,6-2. Third seed Megha Sherawat dropped a game each in both sets as she got the better of Kirandeep Kotade.

Round one giant killer Shristi Daas’s tournament came to a rather abrupt end as Likitha Shetty brushed aside the Pune girl. Shetty,a Delhi native,had too much of firepower for Daas to handle,as she won the last-16 encounter 6-1,6-3. In the toughest doubles match of the day,Steffy Sangani-Ashima Garg edged out Sharmeen Rizvi-Nida Kamal 7-6 (3),3-6,10-7.

Results

Women’s singles second round: Sayali Bhilare beat Tanasha Khandpur 6-0,6-3; Jeni Patel beat Nida Kamal 6-2,7-6 (5); Likitha Shetty beat Shrishti Dass 6-1,6-3; Supriya Mallaya beat Sagarika Phadke 5-3 (conceded); Amala Amol Warrick beat Soumya Nagam 6-0,6-2; 3-Megha Sherawat beat Kirandeep Kotade 6-1,6-1; Shivika Burman beat Vaibhavi Trivedi 6-2,7-5; Varunya Chandrashekhar beat Prachi Naidu 6-0,6-2

Women’s doubles (first round): Preethi Ujjini-Vaibhavi Trivedi beat Shrishti Dass-Kirandeep Kotade 6-3,6-0; Nupur Umashankar-Uthara Venkatesh beat Avani Mittal-Simonelle D’souza 6-0,6-0;

Shraddha Dali-Supriya Mallaya beat Silky Sachdeva-Disha Agarwal 6-3,6-3; Steffy Sangani-Ashima Garg beat Sharmeen Rizvi-Nida Kamal 7-6 (3),3-6,10-7.