Shatakshi Chaudhary gets past Millee Chug in Asian under-14 tennis

Shatakshi Chaudhary overcame third seed Millee Chug 7-6(6), 2-6, 7-5 in the girls pre-quarterfinals of the Sorts Boulevard Asian under-14 tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Wednesday.

In the quarterfinals, Shatakshi will play Saumrita Verma who knocked out seventh seed Saneshi Willoraarchchi of Sri Lanka for the loss of five games.

In another girls match, Anannya Bhatia subdued second seed Shaneni Shrestha of Nepal 7-6(5), 6-0.

In the boys event, fifth seed Aryan Nanda had to fight his way past lucky loser Pranav Taneja 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. He will challenge the top seed Rushil Khosla in the quarterfinals.

The results:

Boys (pre-quarterfinals): Rushil Khosla bt Prajwal Tewari 6-3, 6-0; Aryan Nanda bt Pranav Taneja 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 Manas Dhamne bt Sudhanshu Eknath Sawant 6-1, 6-1; Samar Malhotra bt Rohan Patel 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Manan Nath bt Fateh Singh 6-2, 6-2; Omaansh Choudhary Saharia bt Jigyashman Hazarika 6-3, 6-3; Cahir Warik bt R Senthil Kumar 6-0, 6-0; Arunava Majumder bt Raghav Harsh 6-1, 6-1.

Girls (pre-quarterfinals): Anya Jacob bt Divya Ungrish 7-5, 6-1; Shruti Ahlawat bt Jeetesh Kumari 6-0, 6-0; Maisha Rao bt Nemha Sarah Kispotta 6-1, 7-6(5); Chandni Srinivasan bt Malishka Kuramu 5-7, 6-1, 6-0; Saumrita Verma bt Saneshi Willloraarachchi (SRI) 6-2, 6-3; Shatakshi Chaudhary bt Millee Chug 7-6(6), 2-6, 7-5; Nandini Dixit bt Lehar Singh Tomar 6-1, 6-4; Anannya Bhatia bt Shaneni Shrestha (NEP) 7-6(5), 6-0.

(Courtesy: The Hindu)