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Soniyaa, Jenai cause upsets

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MUMBAI: Favourites headed for the door in girls' under-16 and under-14 categories of the Xtra Premium National series tennis championships, co-sponsored by Dewan Housing and conducted at Practennis courts on Thursday. Unseeded Soniyaa Daayal of Maharashtra stunned top seed M. Divija of Andhra Pradesh in girls under-16, winning 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 to book a quarterfinal berth. Wildcard Jenai Billimoria of Maharashtra sent out Garima Vatwani of Delhi, seeded No. 1 in the under-14, 6-3, 6-1.

The results:

Quartefinals: Boys: U-16): Gaurav Walia (Mah) bt Sagar Ahuja (Mah) 6-2, 6-1; Karun Uday Singh (Del) bt Shantanu Rajput (Del) 7-5, 6-0; Ankit Sachdeva (Del) bt Lakshit Sood (UP) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1; Debendra Das (Mah) bt Sameer Patwardhan (Mah) 6-3, 6-1; U-14: Shahbaz Khan (Mah) bt Ryoto Tachi (Mah) 6-3, 6-4; Mohit Mayur (TN) bt Siddharth Rawat (UP) 7-6(4), 6-1; S.V. Abhishek (AP) bt Tushal Thawani (Mah) 6-4, 6-0; Chetan Pandit (AP) bt Paladugu Saiteja (AP) 6-2, 6-1.

Girls U-16: Jenai Billimoria (Mah) bt Rasika Sankpal (Mah) 6-4, 6-2. Pre-quarterfinals: Soniyaa Daayal (Mah) bt M. Divija (AP) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; Gopika Kapoor (Del) bt Rashika Sunkara (Del) 6-1, 6-2; Rasika Sankpal (Mah) bt T. Nilaya (AP) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4; Jenai Billimoria (Mah) bt Sharmada Balu (Kar) 7-5, 6-2; Tanvi Shah (Mah) bt Dipti Srivastava (WB) 6-2, 6-1; Garima Vatwani (Del) bt Bhavana Suresh (AP) 6-2, 6-3; Nimisha Mohan (Kar) bt Nupur Kaul (Mah) 6-2, 6-3; Prachi Nadkarni (Mah) bt Sharon Paul (TN) 6-3, 6-1.

U-14: Jenai Billimoria (Mah) bt Garima Vatwani (Del) 6-3, 6-1; Nupur Kaul (Mah) bt Bhavana Suresh (AP) 6-3, 6-2; Gopika Kapoor (Del) bt Madhuri Patere (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Sharmada Balu (Kar) 6-4, 6-2; Ratnika Batra (Del) bt Shweta Rana (Del) 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-0; Rashika Sunkara (Del) bt Arushi Sharma (Del) 6-4, 6-4; Nova Patel (Guj) bt Vaniya Dhagwal (Guj) 6-0, 6-2.

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