Shashank moves up

Shashank Nautiyal continued his good work as he knocked out eighth-seeded Chih-Chun Tang of Chinese Taipei 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 in the boys’ pre-quarterfinals of the Concor ITF junior Grade IV tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Wednesday.

Third-seeded Karan Salwan and Jajbir Saran were the only other Indians left in the boys’ draw.

The results: Boys (pre-quarterfinals): Goran Markovic (Srb) bt Yu-Han Lin (Tpe) 6-1, 6-1; Timur Khabibulin (Kaz) bt Deepak Vishvakarma 7-5, 6-1; Karan Salwan bt Fatehdeep Singh 6-1, 6-2; Alexey Nesterov (Kaz) bt Alexis Canter (GBR) 6-2, 6-1; Watcharaphong Iam La-Or (Tha) Kuatbek Abiyev (Kaz) 7-6(5), 6-4; Jajbir Saran bt Tushar Mandlekar 7-6(1), 6-2; Shashank Nautiyal bt Chih-Chun Tang (Tpe) 4-6, 6-2, 6-1; Dmitry Popko (Kaz) bt Garvit Batra 7-6(4), 7-6(2).

Doubles (quarterfinals): Goran Markovic (Srb) & Sahil Deshmukh bt Sachin Kumar & Balaji Lakshmanan 6-1, 6-1; Anvit Bendre & Tushar Mandlekar bt Kuatbek Abiyev & Timur Khabibulin (Kaz) 5-7, 6-1, 10-8; Vilasier Khate & Karan Salwan bt Shaikh Abdullah & Fatehdeep Singh 7-6(2), 7-6(5); Sagadat Ayap & Alexey Nesterov (Kaz) bt Watcharaphong Iam La-Or & Chanintorn Silakul (Tha) 6-3, 7-6(5).

Girls (pre-quarterfinals): Simran Kaur Sethi bt Sumeera Kamil 6-0, 6-0; Yekaterina Gubanova (Kaz) bt Himani Mor 6-1, 6-4; Hana Mortagy (Egy) bt Eeshita Pande 6-4, 6-0; Vanshika Sawhney bt Khee Yen Wee (Sin) 7-6(1), 7-5; Vasanti Shinde bt Ramya Natarajan 6-3, 5-7, 7-5; Snehadevi Reddy bt Devanshi Bhimjiyani 6-4, 6-0; Dhruthi Venugopal bt Kanishka Chawla 6-2, 6-1; Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy bt Isha Budwal 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy & Simran Kaur Sethi bt Jennifer Luikham & Nehel Sahni 6-2, 6-2; Himani Mor & Vanshika Sawhney bt Yuchia Chen & Shu-Sian Lin (Tpe) 6-3, 6-1; Devanshi Bhimjiyani & Sai Samhitha bt Sumeera Kamil & Eeshita Pande 6-1, 6-3; Snehadevi Reddy & Dhruthi Venugopal bt Yekaterina Gubanova (Kaz) & Avika Sagwal 5-7, 6-1, 10-3.