Easy sailing for big guns

Bikram Uberoi and Priyanka Yadav, top seeds in the boys and girls U-19, could have done with better opposition than what they encountered. Neither raised a sweat with no real need to galvanise the pace. The only time TN girl Vaidehi Reddy stretched was in retrieving the ball, Divya Rajan a little too consistent in hitting the tin.

Supriya Balsekar had to bring her best to put out Rachita Vora in three hard-fought games. Down 1-5 in the opener, Supriya knew she had a job at hand. It was percentage stuff from her which gave the distinct edge when it mattered. Rachita8217;s best moments were when she had two game balls in the third.

The steely resolved Joshna Chinnappa was too sharp for Rhea Bhandare. Joshna8217;s racquet did all the talking with the confidence of the one who knew at what point to step up the accelerator. Each time Rhea tried to make it look like a contest, Joshna sheepishly put away the threat. A little arrogantly one may add, the allowance which the winners seem to take it as a right.

Results 8211; Boys U-19 QF: Bikram Uberoi Mah bt Varun Kataruka Del 9-4, 9-2, 9-2; Sahil Vora Mah bt Neeravtomar Del 9-6, 9-6, 9-7; Abhimanu Jain Del bt Tejveer Singh Mah 9-5, 9-5, 10-8; Junaidnathani Mah bt Adithya Vikaram Singh Raj 9-1, 9-0, 5-9, 9-2.

Boys U-17 QF: Supreet Singh Mah bt Anurag Gill Mah 9-5, 9-1, 4-9, 9-4; Gaurav Nandrajog Del bt Amjad Khan Del 9-4, 9-6, 9-4; Vishal Raj Kapoor Mah bt Karan Singh Del 9-3, 4-9, 9-2, 9-0; Yashvardhan Singh MP bt Aishwarya Singh MP 9-1, 9-4, 9-2.

Boys U-15 QF: Saurav Ghosal WB bt Rishab Singhvi Mah 9-1, 9-1, 9-3; Aditya Manjrekar Mah bt Abhimanu Baweja MP 9-7, 7-9, 9-6, 2-9, 9-5; Sidharth Samantaray Mah bt Sarvesh Chauhan Mah 9-1, 9-2, 9-1; Vikas Jangra Mah bt Prateek Patni MP 10-8, 6-9, 7-9, 9-5, 9-2.

Boys U-13 QF: Imran Khan Del bt Vinayak Shetty TN 9-4, 9-3, 9-1; Manek Mathur Mah bt Jay Bhagat Mah 9-4, 9-4, 9-2; Fateh Singh MP bt Nikhil Seth Mah 9-3, 9-5, 10-8; 4 Sandeep Jangra Mah bt Nikhil Sharma 9-3, 9-4, 9-0.

Boys U-11 QF: Vikram Malhotra Mah bt Anup Kumar Sharma 9-2, 9-1, 9-0; Jaydalal Mah bt Prashant Kumar TN 9-6, 9-2, 9-1; Nitin Chauhan Mah bt Yuvraj Pathak MP 9-4, 9-4, 9-4; Vir Seth Mah bt P Karthik TN 9-6, 9-4, 9-0.

Girls U-15 QF: Alisha Mashruwala Mah bt Sunita Kuruvilla 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Aditi Baweja MP bt Dipika Rao TN 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Liana Deboo Mah bt Sweta Singh Mah 9-2, 9-0, 9-0; 4. Natasha Lall Mum bt B Aarthi TN 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

Girls U-19 QF: Priyanka Yadav Mah bt Kanika Premnarayan 9-3, 9-3, 9-3; Joshna chinappa TN bt Rhea Bhandare Mah 9-2, 9-4, 9-3; Supriya Balsekar Mah bt Rachita Vora Mah 9-7, 9-3, 10-8; Vaidehi Reddy TN bt Divya Rajan 9-1, 9-0, 9-1.