Saturday, December 5, 2009

Bihar's Shilpi Jaiswal enters semifinal


Patna, December 3, 2009: Shilpi Jaiswal of Bihar moved into the women’s singles semifinals of the Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad memorial all-India ranking tennis championships defeating Gaini Sharani of Andhra Pradesh 6-2, 6-1 at Patliputra Colony Courts here on Thursday.

Another Jaiswal sibling, Shruti beat Disha Satish Agarwal of Delhi 6-1, 6-3 to enter the quarterfinal of the women’s singles.

The day saw an upset when Rubal Shandilya of Delhi sent Devpriya Jaiswal (Bihar) packing 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 in a men’s pre-quarterfinal match. Saurav Panja and Manoj Sewa also booked their berths in the semifinals.

Results
Men’s singles pre-quarterfinal:
Rubal Shandilya (Dli) beat Devpriya Jaiswal /Bih/ 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.
Men’s singles quarterfinals: Santanu Rajput (Dli) beat Veer Vasant Venkatesh (Kar) 6-1, 6-2; Saurav Panja (WB) beat Anshuman Dutta (Asm) 6-3, 6-1; Manoj Sewa (WB) beat Bharat Bhardwaj (Har) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Women’s singles pre-quarterfinals:
Shruti Jaiswal (Bih) beat Disha Satish Agarwal (Dli) 6-1, 6-3.
Women’s singles quarterfinals: Nupur Kaul (Mah) beat Nehal Sahani (Dli) 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; Rani Smita Jain (IAF) beat Omlata Rai Kumari (UP) 6-0, 6-1; Shilpi Jaiswal (Bih) beat . Gaini Sharani (AP) 6-2, 6-1.
Women’s doubles quarterfinals:
Shruti Jaiswal (Bih) and Shruti Archita (Mah) beat Bobby Yadav (UP) and Rashi Yadav (UP) 6-0, 6-0.
Manuella Gomes (Dli) and Disha Satish Agarwal (Dli) beat Gaini Sharni (AP) and Omlata Rai Kumari (UP) 6-3, 6-4.
Men’s doubles quarterfinals:
Robin Das (WB) and Hari Chidambaram (IAF) beat Devpriya Jaiswal (Bihar) and Chinmay Pradhan (Orissa) 7-5, 7-5.
Men’s doubles pre-quarter finals: Hari Chidambaram (IAF) and Robin Das (WB) beat Dushyant Verma and Jatin Dahia (Dli) 6-3, 6-3.
Anshuman Dutta (Asm) and Chandrashekhar Mohanty (Asm) beat Gaurav Tripathi (MP) and Aditya Tiwari (MP) 7-5, 6-4.
Photo caption: Rani Smita Jain (top) and Shilpi Jaiswal (bottom) in action during their women's singles match in Patna on December 3, 2009.
Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui

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