Top-ranked
Sreeja Akula survived a 3-4 scare against Maria Rony in Junior Girls and
Archana, making amends, beat Riti Shankar 4-0 to enter the semifinals along with
Priyanka Pareek and Seraha Jacob. Priyanka won against Shruti Amrute 4-1 while
Seraha blanked out Srushti 4-0.
The
quarterfinals in all categories also marked the exit of all but one foreign
entrant in Saudi Arabia ’s
Abdulaziz Alamri, who sent Snehit Suravajjula packing in Cadet Boys with a 3-2
verdict in the tight-last eight matches. But teammate Ali Akhadrawi was not so
lucky when he went down to Siddesh Pande in straight games.
Srushti,
who partenered Archana, to carve out the team gold a couple of days ago made a
strong comeback. Down 0-2, won the third but what made her a completely
transformed player was the extended fifth game which she won 12-10. And then
she completed the formality with no great resistance coming from Archana, who
made several net errors.
Though
Manav won the Cadet singles without a sweat against Sarthak Seth, he was made
to earn his points in Junior Boys, thanks to an enterprising game by Indonesian
Deepash Bhagwani. An immigrant from Uttar Pradesh, the boy from Jakarta managed to take a
game off Manav, despite the latter being in good form. Earlier, Shaurya
Pednekar ousted higher-ranked Manush Shah in Cadet quarter-finals, winning the
match 3-1.
But
the match of the day was between Sreeja and Maria. The top-ranked Sreeja,
tailing 0-2, had to bring all the gains from her recent foreign exposure to the
fore to outwit Maria. The latter kept her interests alive when claimed the
fifth game but Sreeja’s aggressive returns and excellent backhand play reversed
it all her way.
All
semifinals and finals, including Junior Boys and Junior Girls doubles, will be
played tomorrow,
the concluding day of the championships.
Results (All
Quarterfinals*):
Cadet
Boys: Manav Thakkar bt Sarthak Seth 11-6,
11-3, 11-6, Abdulaziz Alamri (KSA) bt Snehit Suravajjula 11-4, 11-8, 7-11,
4-11, 11-9, Shaurya Pednekar bt Manush Shah 11-6, 11-4, 10-12, 11-9, Parth
Virmani bt Anukram Jain 11-4, 11-5, 14-12.
Cadet
Girls: Srushti Haleangadi bt Archana Kamath 8-11,
4-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-6, Prapti Sen bt Varuni Jaiswal 11-7, 7-11, 11-3, 15-13,
Surbhi Patwari bt Diya Chitale 11-8, 11-6, 13-11, Yashini Sivasankar bt Zauresh
Akasheva (KAZ) 12-10, 11-8, 11-9.
Junior
Boys: Lalrin Puia bt Sanish Ambekar
11-7, 11-13, 11-4, 11-4, 11-2,Manav Thakkar bt Deepash Bhagwani (INA)
11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-13, 11-5, Ravindra Kotiyan bt Abhimanyu Mitra 11-8, 1-11,
11-4, 11-7, 7-11, 11-5, Siddesh Pande bt Ali Alkhadrawi (KSA) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5,
11-9.
Junior
Girls: Sreeja Akula bt Maria Rony 8-11,
5-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, Seraha Jacob bt Srushti Haleangadi 11-8,
11-7, 11-2, 11-7, Priyanka Pareek bt Shruti Amrute 7-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6,
11-7, Archana Kamath bt Riti Shankar 11-5, 11-8, 11-4, 13-11.
TTFI Press release
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