Pranjala Yadlapalli knocked out top seed Ksenija Sharifova of Russia 6-0, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals of the ITF grade ‘II’ junior tennis tournament here on Wednesday.
Snehadevi Reddy also came up with an impressive performance as she beat second-seeded Kim Dabin of Korea 6-3, 6-2, to set up a quarterfinal clash with Miki Kobayashi of Japan.
In the boys’ section only second-seeded Rishab Agarwal was left to carry on with the Indian campaign, as he beat Patrik Niklas-Salminen of Finland in three sets, while Garvit Batra, Karan Salwan and Aditya Deswal were shown the door.
The results (pre-quarterfinals):
Boys: Skander Mansouri (Tun) bt Wei-De Lin (Tpe) 6-3, 6-2; Congsup Congcar (Tha) bt Aditya Deswal 7-5, 6-2; Eero Vasa (Fin) bt Xander Veys (Bel) 7-6(5), 6-1; Mehdi Abid (Tun) bt Karan Salwan 3-6, 6-1, 6-3; Gregor Schoefberger (Aut) bt Djurabeck Karimov (Uzb) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Teeradon Tortrakul (Tha) bt Garvit Batra 6-1, 6-4; Rishab Agarwal bt Patrik Niklas-Salminen (Fin) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Girls: Pranjala Yadlapalli bt Ksenija Sharifova (Rus) 6-0, 6-3; Simran Kaur Sethi bt Rheeya Doshi 6-1 6-2; Ya-Ting Chang (Tpe) bt Chanikarn Silakul (Tha) 6-2, 6-2; Song Ah (Kor) bt Riya Bhatia 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Greetje Minnen (Bel) bt Petra Piirtola (Fin) 7-6(4), 7-5; Anastasia Prokopenko (Ukr) bt Ekaterina Popova (Rus) 6-2, 6-3; Miki Kobayashi (Jpn) bt Thanthita Suetrong (Tha) 7-5, 6-0; Snehadevi Reddy bt Kim Dabin (Kor) 6-3, 6-2.
