LUCKNOW, DECEMBER 22: Giant-killer Sheetal Gautam continued her progress in the ITF Women's Future tennis tournament, sailing into the quarter-finals with a 6-1, 6-4 win against compatriot Nikita Bharadwaj.Top seed Katarina Daskovic of Yugoslavia and second seed Manisha Malhotra of India also sailed into the quarter-finals. Katarina blitzed past India's Arthi Venkatraman 6-0 6-1 while Manisha beat Geeta Manohar 6-4 6-2.But fifth seed Rushmi Chakravarthi and eight seed Archana Venkatraman fell by the wayside, losing to Maria Kondratieva of Russia and Urska Vesenjak of Slovakia respectively. RESULT :Singles: Sheetal Gautam (Ind) bt Nikita Bharadwaj (Ind) 6-1 6-4; Maria Kondratieva (Rus) bt Rushmi Chakravarthi (Ind) 7-6 6-3; Manisha Malhotra (Ind) bt Geeta Manohar (Ind) 6-4 6-2; Urska Vesenjak (Slo) bt Archana Venkataraam (Ind) 6-1 6-3; Katarina Daskovic (Yug) bt Arthi Venkataraman (Ind) 6-0 6-1; Tong Ka Po (HK) bt Antonia Matiz (Cro) 6-3 6-2; J Sai Jayalakshmy (Ind) bt CatherineTurnisky (Ger) 6-2 6-3; Olga Kaliojnaia (Rus) bt Anna Nefedova (Rus) 7-6 (10-8) 6-3.
