Shilpi, Devpriya advance to quarterfinals

Patna, December 1, 2009: Bihar’s Shilpi Jaiswal moved into quarterfinals of the women’s singles in the Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad memorial all-India ranking tennis tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Tuesday.

Shilpi trounced Rashi Wahal of Uttar Pradesh 6-0, 6-0. Shilpi’s younger brother Devpriya Jaiswal also entered the quarterfinals of the men’s singles beating Kshitij Kamal of Delhi 7-6, 6-3 in a grueling encounter.

Seeded Manoj Sewa of West Bengal had no difficulty to dispatch Chinmay Pradhan of Orissa 6-2, 6-1 in a pre-quarterfinal match.

Results:

Men’s singles pre-quarterfinals: VISHWANATH SAWADI [KAR] Bt. NAUNIN [DLI] 6-0, 6-3; SAGAR AHUJA [MAH] Bt. NISHIT VAKIL [MAH] 6-0, 6-1; JATIN DAHIA [ DLI] Bt. NAGENDRA PRASAD RAI[UP] 6-2, 6-4; MANOJ SEWA [ WB] Bt. CHINMAY PRADHAN [ORS] 6-2, 6-1; DHRUV AGARWAL [UP] Bt. PARTH INDORDIA [GUJ] 6-3, 6-0; DEVPRIYA JAISWAL [BIH] Bt. KSHITIJ KAMAL [DLI] 7-6, 6-3.

Women’s singles pre-quarterfinals: SHILPI JAISWAL [BIH] Bt. RASHI WAHAL [UP] 6-0, 6-0; SHRUTI ARCHITA [MAH] Bt. NEHAL SANHI [DLI] 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; OMLATA KUMARI RAI [UP] Bt. SEEMA KUMARI [UP] 6-0, 6-3.

Men’s doubles first round: RAGENDRA PRASAD RAI /UP/ & NAGENDRA PRASAD RAI /UP/Bt. AMAN KUMAR/BIH/ & SAURABH RAGHUVANSHI /MP/ 6-1,6-1.
DEVPRIYA JAISWAL /BIH/ & CHINMAY PRADHAN / ORS/ Bt. SANISH M. MISHRA /UP/ & ABHILASH TIWARI /UP/6-4, 6-4.

SHANTANU RAJPUT /DLI/ & RUBAL SHANDILYA /DLI/Bt. SHIVRAJ SINGH /WB/ & PRANSHU BARTHWAL /UP/ 6-3,6-4.

VIJAY BHARDWAJ /HAR/ & BARTH BHARDWAJ /HAR/Bt. SAGAR AHUJA /MAH/ & NISHIT WAKIL /MAH/ 6-4,6-3.

SAURAV PANJA /WB/ & MANOJ SEWA Bt. VISHWANATH SAWADI /KAR/ & VEER VASANT VENKATESH /KAR/ 3-6, 6-0, 6-2.

PARTH INDORDA / HIMANSHU MALI Bt. NAVNEET KUMAR / DHRUV AGARWAL 6-3, 3-6, 6-4.

ANSHUMAN DUTTA /CHANDRASHEKHAR MOHANTY UNFINISHED GAURAV TRIPATHI / ADITYA TIWARI 5-5.

Photo caption: Shilpi Jaiswal (top) and Devpriya Jaiswal (bottom) in action on December 1, 2009.

Photo: Aftab Alam Siddiqui