Nine Indians including five girls advance to quarters of ITF

Karachi, Aug 29 (UNI) Four Indian boys and five girls moved into the quarter finals of their respective singles events in the ITF juniors ranking tennis tournament (second leg) here.

However giant killer Indian Kaza Sharma who had surprised Pakistani Davis Cupper Yasir Khan in the first round failed to reproduce the same form and was ousted by Nasir Mushtaq in straight sets 4-6, 0-6.

The Indian boys making the last eight grade are Nehal Kapoor, Sood brothers - Chandril and Lakshit- and Gugan Varma.

Nehal accounted for Heera Ashiq 6-4, 6-4, while second seed Chandril dropped second set but managed to register a 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 win over M. Abid.

Fifth seed Lakshit overcame Lankan Sunil Michael 6-4, 6-4, while Varma struggled to beat fighting compatriot Sumeet Shinde 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.

Third seed Pakistani Tanveer Ashiq kept his hopes alive overpowering Thailand's Wasin Wijaya 6-3, 6-2.

Thailand's unseeded Nuttorn Tanchainant made a 6-3, 6-2 short work of Omer Babar 6-3,6-2 while Sri Lankan Thanga Raja defeated Waqas Malik 7-5, 6-3.

In the girls' events, the first four seeds had a smooth run as they brushed aside their opponents in straight sets to take themselves into the next stage.

Top seed Jithmie of Sri Lanka prevailed 6-0, 6-0 over Ushna.

Second seed Inayat Khosla (India) outpaced compatriot Richa Valecha 6-4, 6-1. Third seed Soniya Dayal beat Ratnika 6-4, 6-2 in an all India encounter.

Results: Girls singles: Susita Das (Ind) bt Anoosha Aslam (Pak) 6-3, 6-4; Asha Mohan (Ind) bt Natasha Afridi (Pak) 3-6, 6-0, 6-4; Anushka Kapoor (Ind) bt Dipti Shrivastava (Ind) 7-5, 7-5; Sara Mahboob (Pak) bt Sindhura Polavarapu (Ind) 6-0, 6-1.

Boys' doubles first round: Nuttorn Tanchainant/Dussadee Darakamas bt Khurram Nazir/Omer Babar 6-4, 5-7, 6-2; Mandeep Yadav/Gurmohit Singh bt Chandam Shaolin/ Wasin Wijaya 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Nehal Kapoor/Gugan Varma bt Waqas Malik/Sadanul Haq 6-3, 6-4.

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