MUMBAI: Sixteen-year-old sixth seed
Humera Shaikh
of Telangana produced a standout performance to record a brilliant straight-set win over second seed
Sai Samhitha
of Tamil Nadu in a women's singles quarter-finals match, of the
AITA Ranking JVPG Anirudh Desai All-India Open
tennis tournament at the Juhu Vile Parle Gymkhana's tennis courts on Friday.
The Telangana teenager Humera, played with great determination against the 23-year-old Sai, and romped to a 6-5, 7-5 win to advance to the semi-finals. Meanwhile another teenager, 16-year-old and top seed Mahak Jain of Madhya Pradesh eased to a comfortable 6-1, 6-2 victory against eighth seed Nidhi Chilumula of Telagana.
Fourth seed Nithyaraj Baburaj powered past unseeded Dedeepya Sai of Telangana winning in straight sets, at 6-0, 6-3 to set up a clash with Jain in the semis. Mihika Yadav continued with her fine run, defeating Bhuvana Kalva 6-3, 7-5 to complete the semifinal line-up.
In the only completed men's singles quarterfinal, third seed Manish Sureshkumar of Tamil Nadu recovered well after losing a close opening set to overcome unseeded Prajwal Dev of Karnataka 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-0 to move into the semifinal.
Top seed
Arjun Kadhe
of Maharashtra suffered a back injury and conceded his match to seventh seed Siddharth Vishwakarma of Chandigarh after trailing 4-5 in the first set. Meanwhile, second seed Dalwinder Singh, did not report for his match against Peranamallur Vignesh of Andhra Pradesh.
Kunal Anand of Delhi was also lucky to advance to the last four after Maharashtra's Jayesh Pungliya injured his wrist and forfeited his match after leading 4-1 in the first set.
Results Women's singles (2nd round): Mihika Yadav (MH) bt Bhuvana Kalva (TS) 6-3, 7-5; Mahak Jain (MP) bt Nidhi Chilumula (TS) 6-1, 6-2; Nithyaraj Baburaj (TN) bt Dedeepya Sai (TS) 6-0, 6-3; Humera Shaikh (TS) bt Sai Samhitha (TN) 6-4, 7-5.
Men's singles (2nd round): Manish Sureshkumar (TN) bt Prajwal Dev (KA) 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-0; Siddharth Vishwakarma (CG) bt Arjun Kadhe (MH) 5-4 (conceded); Kunal Anand (DL) bt Jayesh Pungliya (MH) 1-4 (conceded); Prenamallur Vignesh (AP) w/o 2-Dalwinder Singh (PB).
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