PUNE: Eightth seed Disha Lakhiani managed to win in a tie breaker against Aashi Chhajed 8-7 (5) in a hard fought match in the pre-quarterfinals of the Ravetkar Cup Solaris Club All India Ranking (Under-16) Championship Series Tennis Tournament in progress at Mayur Colony on Sunday.
Meanwhile Chinmayi Bagwe and Gargee Phule scored the biggest upsets of the day. Chinmayi Bagwe put on a good show as she defeated second seed Rishita Agarwal 8-2 while Gargee Phule defeated sixth seeded Trisha Misra with the score reading 8-1.
In other action, fourth seed Andrea Almeida beat Aditi Lakhe 8-4 while Aleena Shaikh beat Sanchita Nagarkar 8-3. In the boys second round action, top seed Tanishq Jadhav beat Prathemesh Patil 8-0.
RESULTS
Main Draw:
Girls:
Pre-quarterfinals: 1-Suhani Sabharwal bt Kavya Krishnan 8-5; 5-Chetnani Kkaira bt Tanvi Tawade 8-6; 3-Sonal Patil bt Saioni Parida 8-0; Aleena Shaikh bt Sanchita Nagarkar 8-3; Gargee Phule bt 6-Trisha Misra 8-1; 4-Andrea Almeida bt Aditi Lakhe 8-4; 8-Disha Lakhiani bt Aashi Chhajed 8-7(5); Chinmayi Bagwe bt 2-Rishita Agarwal 8-2.
Boys:
Round 2: 1-Tanishq Jadhav bt Prathemesh Patil 8-0; 2-Ishan Godbharle bt Omkar Shinde 8-3; 3-Nishit Rahane bt Rohit Patidar 8-2; 4-Arnav Kokane bt Sarvesh Jhawar 8-2; 5-Radheya Shahane bt Keyur Mehetra 8-6(6); 6-Arjun Abhyankar bt Atharva Raut 8-0; 7-Arnav Paparkar bt Arindam Bit 8-7(5); 8- Neel J bt Arush Mishra 8-2; Ved Pawar bt Jay Pawar 8-6.
