Top seed ousted in girls under-16 National Tennis Championships

NEW DELHI: Top seed Snehadevi Reddy bowed out after Andhra girl Nayanika Reddy rallied to beat her in three sets in the under-16 girls singles event of the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championships on Thursday.
It was the last singles match of the day and Nayanika ensured that she goes into the semifinals high on confidence as she defeated Snehadevi 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Snehadevi was the biggest casualty of the day as other seeded girls in the category had a safe passage into the last four.
Second seed Delhi girl Simran Kaur Sethi shut the door on Pranjala Yadlapalli 6-1, 6-4 while Tarranum Handa and Teertha Iska completed the list of semifinalists in the category.
Tarranum proved to be too big a challenge for Haryana's Renu Sharma as she strolled into the next round with a 6-0, 6-1 win, while Teertha defeated Andrita Deb 6-2, 6-1.
In the under-16 boys singles, there were no major upsets as Fatehdeep Singh led the charge with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Rajasthan's Gagan Sharma in the quarterfinals.
Fatehdeep will be joined by third seed Jude Raymond, Deepak Vishwakarma and fifth seed Karan Salwan. While Andhra boy Jude had to overcome a one-set deficit to beat IB Akshay 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 Deepak and Karan registered comfortable victories.
In under-14 boys singles, top two seeds Sachin Kumar and Vishu Prasad remained on course for a clash in the finals after both the Delhi players won their respective quarterfinals.
Sachin defeated Gaurang 7-5, 6-2, while Vishu thrashed Kushan Nath 6-3, 6-2. The Delhi lads will be joined by third seed BR Nikshep and Dhruv Pal in the semifinals.
Nayanika Reddy carried her good form in the under-14 girls singles as well where she trounced Himani Mor 6-4, 6-2.
Akshara Iska, however, caused a major upset in the category as she ended third seed Bhjiyani Devanshi's campaign with a 6-4, 6-4 win. Top seed Pranjala Yadlapalli and Vanshika Sawhney will be the other two semifinalists in under-14 girls singles.