Lakshmi Sahithi Reddy ousts top seed Yubrani Banerjee

Qualifier Lakshmi Sahithi Reddy beat top seed Yubrani Banerjee 7-6(6), 6-1 in the women’s pre-quarterfinals of the Rs.200,000 AITA ranking tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex here on Tuesday.

In another match, Sravya Shivani had to wrestle her way past Akanksha NItture 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4).

In the men’s section, former national champion and third seed Dalwinder Singh battled past qualifier Sai Karteek Reddy 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 in the pre-quarterfinals. Top seed Mohit Mayur and second seed VM Ranjeet progressed with relative ease.

The results (pre-quarterfinals):

Men: Mohit Mayur bt Udayan Bhakar 6-3, 6-1; Neeraj Yashpaul bt Garry Tokas 6-4, 6-0; Suraj Prabodh bt LR Balaji 6-2, 6-0; Hardeep Singh Sandhu bt Atharva Sharma 6-4, 6-2; Jagmeet Singh bt Shubham Malhotra 7-6(5), 6-4; Dalwinder Singh bt Sai Karteek Reddy 7-5, 3-6, 6-3; Puru Upadhyay bt Karan Singh 6-3, 3-0 (retired); VM Ranjeet bt Kavin Masilamani 6-2, 6-3.

Women: Lakshmi Sahithi Reddy bt Yubrani Banerjee 7-6(6), 6-1; Prerna Bhambri bt Sarah Dev 6-1, 6-1; Sravya Shivani bt Akanksha Nitture 6-4, 1-6, 7-6(4); Avika Sagwal bt Shilpi Swarupa Das 4-1 (retired); Renne Singhla bt Rashi Malviya 6-4, 6-4; Kashish Bhatia bt Anaam Almas 63-, 6-1; Bhargavi Kalaga bt Rutuparna Choudhary 6-3, 6-1; Salsa Aher bt Ayush Singh 6-0, 6-0.

(Courtesy: The Hindu)