NEW DELHI: Malikaa Marathe recovered from being down 1-4 in the decider to beat fifth seed Lanlana Tararudee of Thailand 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the girls’ pre-quarterfinals of the Asian under-14 tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex on Wednesday.
In the quarterfinals, Malikaa will play the top seed Priska Madelyn Nugroho of Indonesia. Sarah Dev also made the quarterfinals and will play second seed Thamonpan Jongletrakul of Thailand.
The third Indian girl Gargi Pawar was beaten by Sheena Jade Masuda Karrasch of Hong Kong in straight sets.
In the boys’ section, V.M. Sandeep, Nishant Dabas and Divesh Gahlot progressed into the singles quarterfinals, without dropping a set between them.
The results: Boys: Pre-quarterfinals: V.M. Sandeep bt Nauvaldo Jati Agatra (Ina) 6-4, 6-1; Tim Thomas Gauntlett (HKg) bt Christian Andre Sheng Liew (Mas) 6-2, 6-1; Nishant Dabas bt Shisanuphong Pokinsagethasiri (Tha) 6-1, 6-2; Samandar Abdumalikov (Uzb) bt Nikita Sidorov (Kaz) 6-1, 6-4; Maksim Shin (Uzb) bt Taym Alazmeh (Syr) 6-3, 6-3; Guntinun Sootinun-Opart (Tha) bt Hon Chun Lee (HKg) 2-6, 6-2, 7-6(5); Imran Daniel Hazli (Mas) bt Timur Chsherbakov (Kaz) 6-2, 7-5; Divesh Gahlot bt Chak Lam Coleman Wong (HKg) 7-5, 6-3.
Doubles: Quarterfinals: Hon Chun Lee (HKg) & Guntinun Sootinun-Opart (Tha) bt Samandar Abdumalikov & Maksim Shin (Uzb) 6-2, 6-1; Nikita Sidorov (Kaz) & Azizbek Niyazov (Uzb) bt Artur Khairutdinov (Kaz) & Christian Andre Sheng Liew (Mas) 6-2, 3-6, 11-9; Nishant Dabas & V.M. Sandeep bt Tim Thomas Gauntlett & Chak Lam Coleman Wong (HKg) 7-6(3), 7-6(4); Tanapatt Nirundorn & Shisanuphong Pokinsagethasiri (Tha) bt Taym Alazmeh & Pierre Djaroueh (Syr) 6-3, 6-3.
Girls: Pre-quarterfinals: Priska Madelyn Nugroho (Ina) bt Yelizaveta Karlova (Kaz) 6-1, 6-1; Malikaa Marathe bt Lanlana Tararudee (Tha) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Salakthip Ounmuang (Tha) bt Angelina Folts (Uzb) 6-3, 6-1; Elsa Wan (Mas) bt Chui Kei Leung (Hkg) 6-0, 6-3; Sheena Jade Masuda Karrasch (HKg) bt Gargi Pawar 6-4, 6-3; Alexandra Eala (Phi) bt Maria Breidy (Lib) 6-1, 6-1; Sarah Dev bt Jessica Christa Wirahadipoernomo (Ina) 6-1, 6-1; Thamonpan Jongletrakul (Tha) bt Mariya Sinitsyna (Kaz) 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles: Quarterfinals: Sarah Dev & Malikaa Marathe bt Jana Khatib (Jor) & Anjalika Kurera (Sri) 6-0, 6-3.
