Dedeepya cruises into pre-quarters

Qualifier Arjun Kadhe opened his main draw campaign on a strong note as he demolished Delhi’s Jatin Dahiya 6-1, 6-1 in the opening round of the Fenesta Open national tennis championship at the RK Khanna Stadium here on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Hyderabad girl Y. Sai Dedeepya made the pre-quarterfinals of the girls under-18 event. In the second round, Dedeepya defeated Sonashe of Karnataka 6-1, 64. Dedeepya will now play won 6-0, 6-1. In another Prerna Vichare of match, Tanisha Kashyap prevailed Maharashtra. over Shrishti Das 6-3,

In the doubles, Sindhu 6-0. Janagam of Telangana and Arjun Kadhe, who spent a M Arthi of Tamil Nadu few years playing college entered the doubles quarterfinals tennis in the United States, with a 6-4, 6-0 win over has added variety to his Adirija Biswas & Aviska game and played solid tennis, Gupta. Sindhu and her partner with the potent serve will now take on top standing out. seeds Sweta Rana (Delhi) & “I started well and kept it Sneha Devi Reddy (Tamil simple. I have been focusing Nadu). on fitness and that has

In another women’s match, helped me perform better. I second seed Sai Samhitha am happy to have moved to Chamarthi eased past the next round,”said Kadhe. Shreya Tatavarthy from Tamil Nadu’s former champion Andhra Pradesh 6-4, 6-1. Mohit Mayur

“I played well and was Jayaprakash faced little aggressive in the first set. I resistance from Anirudh could not break serve but Chandrasekhar before winning played a good second set and 6-3, 6-1. am happy to have cleared the Other winners included round,” a confident Sai Paramveer Singh Bajwa and Samitha said. Armaan Bhatia. Paramveer

Local girl and six-time beat Yuvraj Singh 6-2, 6-4 and national champion Prerna Armaan outwitted Abhishek Bhambri made full use of Gaur 7-6 (9/7), 6-4. familiarity with conditions Upcoming Nitin Kumar as she showed no mercy to Sinha from Bengal outlasted Snehal Mane. The Delhi girl P. Vignesh 1-6, 6-2, 6-1.