Sabhyata Nihalani knocked out top seed Sathwika Sama 6-0, 7-5 in the girls’ under-16 quarterfinals of the Fenesta National sub-junior tennis championship at the DLTA Complex here on Thursday.
In the boys’ under-16 event, top seed Parikshit Somani negotiated the free-stroking Sivadeep Kosaraju craftily to set up a semifinal against Siddhant Banthia. Nitin Kumar Sinha eased into his semifinals against second seed Adil Kalyanpur.
The results: Quarterfinals: Under-16: Boys: Parikshit Somani bt Sivadeep Kosaraju 6-4, 7-5; Siddhant Banthia bt Suresh Dakshineshwar 6-2, 6-0; Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Muthu Aadhitya Senthilkumar 6-1, 6-2; Adil Kalyanpur bt Yugal Bansal 6-4, 6-2. Under-14: Sashikant Rajput bt Ishan Anirudh Sethi 6-3, 7-5; Shashank Theertha bt Rhythm Malhotra 6-1, 6-1; Mann Maulik Shah bt Madhwin Kamath 6-4, 6-4; Sacchitt Sharma bt Aaryan Mehul Zaveri 6-2, 6-3.
Girls: Under-16: Sabhyata Nihalani bt Sathwika Sama 6-0, 7-5; Mahak Jain bt Humera Shaikh 6-1, 6-1; Prinkle singh bt Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-3, 6-4; Akanksha Bhan bt Shivani Ingle 4-6, 6-4, 6-1. Under-14: Sharanya Gaware bt Prinkle Singh 6-3, 6-3; Sanya Singh bt Sarah Dev 2-6, 6-4, 6-1; Salsa Aher bt Mubashira Anjum Shaik 6-1, 6-3; Shreya Gulia bt Muskan Gupta 1-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Doubles: Semifinals: Boys: U-16: Sivadeep Kosaraju & Rohit Krishna Aynampudi bt Adil Kalyanpur & Siddhant Banthia 4-6, 6-1, 10-3; Suresh Dakshineshwar & Abhimanyu Vannem Reddy bt Siddharth Thakran & Aman Patel 6-1, 6-4. Under-14: Dev Javia & Kevin Mrugesh Patel bt Sacchitt Sharma & Vipul Mehta 6-3, 5-7, 10-7; Shashank Theertha & Rithvik Choudary bt Aaryan Mehul Zaveri & Mann Maulik Shah 6-1, 6-2.
Girls: Under-16: Sathwika Sama & Shivani Ingle bt Akanksha Bhan & Sarah Dev 6-2, 6-2; Mahak Jain & Sabhyata Nihalani bt Shivani Amineni & Avanthika Sai 6-4, 3-6, 10-3. Under-14: Salsa Aher & Trisha Vinod bt Vanshika Choudhary & Gauri Sanjay Bhagia 6-3, 6-0; Anu Verma & Archita Mahalwal bt Richa Dadasaheb Chougule & Prerna Vichare 6-3, 7-6(8).
