Fazal struggles to down Ismail

Sai survived a late charge from statemate Sandhya Kanury before carving out a 6-2 7-6 win in a second round encounter.

Second-seeded Nitin Kirtane (Maharashtra) also reached the last eight, breezing past qualifier A Jagnani (Bengal) 6-1 6-3. Kirtane will take on eighth seed Sourav Panja (Bengal), who kept his cool at crucial junctures to overcome a strong challenge from Rohan Bopanna (Maharashtra) 3-6 7-5 6-3.

Seventh seed Vasudeva Reddy (AP) also had an easy second round, outclassing R Narendran (TN) 6-4, 6-3 to settle for a quarter-final clash with Fazaluddin.

Sixth seed Vijay Kannan (Delhi) also made it to the quarter-finals, getting past qualifier P Ravishankar 6-1, 6-1.

In the women’s singles, second-seeded Rushmi Chakravarthi (TN) beat Sai Sapna (TN) 6-2 6-1 while sixth seed Radhika Tulpule breezed past Punjab’s Jasleen Randhawa 6-1 6-2.

Eighth seed Liza Pereira (Mah) also stormed into the quarters brushing aside Oindrilla Mazumdar 6-2, 6-2.

Results (2nd round): Men’s singles: S Fazaluddin (WB) bt Asif Ismail (Mah) 6-7, (8-6) 6-4, 6-3; Vasudev Reddy (AP) bt R Narendran (TN) 6-4, 6-3; Mushatafa Ghouse (Mah) bt Anupam Minda (Mah) 6-2, 6-4; Vishal Uppal (Del) bt Manoj Mahadevan (Mah) 6-3, 6-1; Vijay Khanna (Del) bt P Ravishankar (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Rashi Sridhar (TN) bt Vinod Sridhar (TN) 6-3, 6-4; Suman Panja (WB) bt Rohan Bopamma (Mah) 3-6, 7-5, 6-3; Nitin Kirtane (Mah) bt Abhishck Jagnari (WB) 6/1, 6-3.

Women’s singles (2nd round): Sai Jailakshmi (TN) bt Sandhya Kanury (TN) 6-2, 7-6; Kaushma Patel (Guj) bt Sonali Phadke (Mah) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3); V Arthi (Kar) bt Ragini Vinal (WB) 6-3, 6-3; Liza Pereira (Mah) bt Onirudh Majumder (WB) 6-2, 6-2; V Archana (Kar) bt Phyankah Parchli (WB) 6-0, 6-1; Radhika Tulpule (Mah) bt Justeen Randhawa (Punjab) 6-1, 6-2; Kusum Chakrabarti (TN) bt Swapan Sair (TN) 6-2, 6-1.