TOP SEED ISHAQUE EQBAL IN QUARTERFINALS
Lucky loser but top seed, Ishaque Eqbal battled past Rishabdev Raman 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2 in the men’s pre-quarterfinals of the Rs.100,000 AITA ranking tennis tournament at the CLTA Complex on Tuesday.
In another sharp match, Calvin Golmei blew away the challenge from third seed Digivjay Singh Mehta 6-1, 6-2.
In the women’s section, qualifier Sharannya Gaware who had knocked out second seed Shweta Rana, blanked Adrija Biswas to make the quarterfinals.
Left hander Saumya Vig battled past eighth seed Shrishti Daas in three sets, while Sarah Dev managed to pip Prinkle Singh in another three-setter.
Top seed NIthya Raj beat Kaavya Sawhney to set up a quarterfinal against Bhuvana Kalva, who did beat sixth seed Arthi Muniyan, but has herself much superior credentials in the international circuit.
The results (pre-quarterfinals):
Men: Ishaque Eqbal bt Rishabdev Raman 6-7(3), 6-3, 6-2; Arghya Das bt Gautam Anand 6-3, 7-5; Jaydeep Singh Chudasama bt Eklavya Singh 6-1, 6-3; Vipul Mehta bt Udayan Bhakar 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-1; Yuvraj Singh bt Ranjeet Singh 7-6(2), 6-2; Calvin Golmei bt Digvijay Singh Mehta 6-1, 6-2; Sunil Malik bt Fardeep Qamar 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Ajay Malik bt Bharath Nishok Kumaran 6-2, 6-3.
Women: NIthya Raj bt Kaavya Sawhney 6-4, 6-3; Bhuvana Kalva bt Arthi Muniyan 6-4, 6-2; Vanshika Choudhary bt Ashpreet Kaur Bajwa 6-3, 6-4; Saumya Vig bt Shrishti Daas 6-1, 1-6, 6-2; Sarah Dev bt Prinkle Singh 6-3, 2-6, 6-1; Dakshata Patel bt Himaanshika 6-2, 6-4; Sara Yadav bt Pooja Ingale 6-2, 7-5; Sharannya Gaware bt Adrija Biswas 6-0, 6-0.
