KARMAN KAUR FINDS ZHENG SAISAI HARD TO TACKLE IN WTA PRE-QUARTERFINALS

Sixth Zheng Saisai proved too strong as she beat qualifier Karman Kaur Thandi 6-4, 6-0 in the pre-quarterfinals of the $250,000 WTA tennis tournament in Nanchang, China, on Thursday.

Karman collected 42 WTA points, including 12 for qualification.

In the ATP event in Atlanta, top seeded Divij Sharan in partnership with Artem Sitak of New Zealand was beaten in the doubles pre-quarterfinals.

In the ITF grade-5 junior event in Amman, Jordan, Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta and Malikaa Marathe made the boys and girls finals respectively. In Singapore, in a similar event, Denim Yadav beat the top seed to make the boys semifinals.

The results:

$748,450 ATP, Atlanta, US
Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Romain Arneodo (Mon) & Jeremy Chardy (Fra) bt Artem Sitak (Nzl) & Divij Sharan 6-4, 7-5.

$250,000 WTA, Nanchang, China
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Zheng Saisai (Chn) bt Karman Kaur Thandi 6-4, 6-0.

$15,000 ITF men, Jakarta, Indonesia
Singles (pre-quarterfinals): Cheong-Eui Kim (Kor) bt Niki Poonacha 6-3, 6-4; Aryan Goveas bt David Agung Susanto (Ina) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Hady Habib (Lbn) bt Siddharth Vishwakarma 3-6, 7-6(4), 3-1 (retired).

Doubles (quarterfinals): Courtney John Lock (Zim) & Aryan Goveas bt Fitriadi M Rifqi & Anthony Susanto (Ina) 6-4, 6-3.

ITF grade-5 juniors, Amman, Jordan
Boys (semifinals): Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta bt Prasanna Pravin Bagade 6-2, 7-6(4); Abedallah Shelbayh (Jor) bt Kevin Patel 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles (semifinals): Alex Xiang Lu (Can) & Kevin Patel bt Jalal Sadek (Lbn) & Abedallah Shelbayh (Jor) 5-7, 6-3, [10-6]; Arjun Mariyappa (US) & Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta bt Prasanna Pravin Bagade & Rahul Jaideep 4-6, 6-2, [10-7].

Girls (semifinals): Malikaa Marathe bt Haya Judeh (Jor) 6-1, 6-1; Yasmin Ezzat (Egy) bt Selya Rakki (Tur) 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles (semifinals): Semra Aksu (Tur) & Sara El Ghazouly (egy) bt Yasmin Ezzat (Egy) & Rhea Singh 6-1, 6-4; Randa Alqudsi & Haya Judeh (Jor) bt Anastasia Kovalevskaia (Rus) & Arina Miftakhova (Rus) 7-5, 6-4.

ITF grade-5 juniors, Singapore
Boys (quarterfinals): Denim Yadav bt Odeda Muhammad Arazza (Ina) 6-2,3-6, 6-3.

Girls (quarterfinals): Yu Chin Tsai (Tpe) bt Gauri Bhagia 6-3, 6-0; Evelina Kontareva (Rus) bt Smriti Bhasin 6-2, 6-1; Chui Kei Leung (Hkg) bt Sanya Singh 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles (quarterfinals): Ji Woo choi (Kor) & Risa Ohno (Jpn) bt Smriti Bhasin & Chandrika Joshi 6-1, 7-6(4).

ITF grade-5 juniors, Lida, Belarus
Boys singles (quarterfinals): Rohan Mehra bt Daniil Savelev (Rus) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.