New Delhi [India], January 9 (ANI): Arnav Paparkar overcame an inexplicable second set lapse to go previous Croatia’s Emanuel Ivanisevic and safe his place within the quarterfinals of the boys occasion of the ITF J300 occasion together with prime seed Pranav Senthil Kumar whereas Maaya Rajshwaran Revathi additionally cruised into the last-eight of the ladies singles, a relase from the ITF mentioned.
Arnav made a powerful set by pocketing the opening set however couldn’t win a single recreation within the second set because the Croat compelled a decider. The younger Indian recovered simply in time to lift his recreation and shut the pre-quarterfinal with a 6-3 0-6 6-4 scoreline in his favour. To his credit score, Ivanisevic made it as powerful for Arnav as attainable regardless of a sluggish begin.
Also shifting to the quarterfinals had been Senthil and Samarth Sahita. Senthil had no bother in dispatching Alexey Shibaev 6-2 6-3 whereas Samarth prevailed in an all-Indian conflict in opposition to Varun Verma 6-4 6-4.
However, curtains got here down on the marketing campaign of Hitesh Chauhan, who fought valiantly earlier than shedding 4-6 7-5 3-6 to Kazakhstan’s Damir Zhalgasbay. Korean fourth seed Donghyun Hwang and his compatriot Hyeon Seok Seo additionally superior to the quarterfinals. Hwang beat Kazakhstan’s Daniel Tazabekov 6-3 6-0 whereas Seo knocked out eighth seed Roman Kharlamov 6-4 6-2.Roshan Santosh (USA) and Arturs Zagras (LAT) accomplished the quarterfinal line-up with their straight-set wins over Maximus Zavier Wong (SGP) and Kanata Ozaki (JPN).
In the woman’s occasion, India’s Maaya moved to the quarterfinals with a fluent 6-0 6-3 win over Manon Favier from France. Polina Berezina superior when her Japanese opponent Yuka Naito withdrew halfway from the competition. Polina was main 6-3 1-0 when Naito determined to not proceed. Polina Kuharenko secured her place within the final eight along with her 7-5 6-1 win over Turkiey’s Irem Kurt. (ANI)