JAGMEET KAUR STUNS THIRD SEED GARGI PAWAR ON THE ROAD TO JAPAN

Jagmeet Kaur fought her way past third seed Gargi Pawar 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 in the girls pre-quarterfinals of the Road to Japan National series under-16 tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Wednesday.

In the quarterfinals, Jagmeet will challenge fifth seed Sandeepti Singh Rao.

Qualifier Gauri Bhagia beat fourth seed Srujana Rayarala to set up a quarterfinal against Suudipta Senthilkumar who put out sixth seed Vanshika Choudhary.

In the boys section, Sammr Raina beat fifth seed Dhruv Tangri 5-7, 7-5, 6-1, and will play second seed Sushant Dabas in the quarterfinals.

The results (pre-quarterfinals):

Boys: Krishan Hooda bt Akhilendran Indrabalan 6-2, 7-5; Sarvesh Birmane bt Arjun Kundu 7-6(2), 6-4; Divesh Gahlot bt Heerak Vora 6-4, 6-0; Naresh Badgujar bt Nitin Jaipal Singh 7-6(5), 6-1; Nishant Dabas bt Uddayvir Sing 6-0, 6-4; Ajay Malik bt Kanishk Pal 6-2, 6-1; Sammr Raina bt Dhruv Tangri 5-7, 7-5, 6-1; Sushant Dabas bt Deep Munim 6-1, 6-7(4), 1-0 (retired).

Girls: Sanya Singh bt Vaishnavi Adkar 6-2, 6-3; Ishita Singh bt Kashish Bhatia 6-1, 6-2; Jagmeet Kaur bt Gargi Pawar 6-4, 2-6, 6-3; Sandeepti Singh Rao bt Simran Pritam 7-6(4), 6-1; Sudipta Senthilkumar bt Vanshika Choudhary 6-3, 7-5; Gauri Bhagia bt Srujana Rayarala 7-5, 6-1; Sharannya Gaware bt Sanvi Ahluwalia 6-2, 6-4; Yana Dhamija bt Gaurisa Dabral 6-1, 6-3.