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According to information received here, Chandigarh's Deepinder Bains and Bharat Bhardwaj (Uttar Pradesh) also bowed out of the men' s doubles competition as they were beaten by Maharashtra duo of Yuvraj Haral and Aniket Sudhir -4,6-1. Sixth seed Mohammad Fariz of Tamil Nadu ended the challenge of Chandigarh-based Yogesh Phogat (HSIIDC) 7-6 (8-6), 6-2 in the men's singles pre-quarter-final match.
Top seed V.M. Ranjeet of Tamil Nadu reduced the quarter-final match of the men's singles against wild card Harshvardhan Thirani of Kolkata to a one- sided match 6-1, 6-0. Qualifier Vinod Kumar Sewa of Kolkata lost to second seeded Chennai veteran Vinod Sridhar 0-6, 1-6.
In the women's singles quarter-final match, second seed and defending champion Ragini Vimal brushed aside the challenge of Haryana girl Abhilasha Ahuja 6-0, 6-2.
Results: Men's singles (PQFs): V.M. Ranjeet (1)(TN bt Harshvardhan Thirani (WB) 6-1,6-0; Kamala Kannan (TN bt Kaushik Raju ((Kar) 6-1,6-0; N. Sriram Balaji (TN) btt Arjun Goutham (5)(Kar) 6-2,6-2; Mohammad Fariz (6)(TN) bt Yogesh Phogat (HSIIDC) 7-6 (8-6),6-2; N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (4)(TN) bt A.S. Suresh Krishna (AP) 6-1,3-6,7-5; Yannick Nelord (7)(Dli) bt Rahil Makharia (Mah) 6-3,7-5; Vinod Sridhar (2)(TN) bt Vinod Kumar Sewa (B) 6-0,6-1; Ladies' singles (QFs): Asha Nanda Kumar (1)(Kar) beat Anushree Thammanna (7)(Kar) 6-1,7-5; Akshita Basavaraju (Kar) bt Rani Smita Jain (6)(IAF) 6-3,6-4 ; Shivika Burman (5)(WB) bt Grace Hannah (TN) 6-4,6-7(5-7),6-0; Ragini Vimal (2)(WB) bt Abhilasha Ahuja (8) (Har) 6-0,6-2; Men's Doubles (QFs): V.M. Ranjeet (TN) & N. Sriram Balaji (TN)(1) bt Vijayant Malik (Chd) & Jitin Bishnoi (HSIIDC) 6-4,6-3; Javed Akbar Hazary (Pun) & Harshvardhan Thirani (WB) bt Abijeet Tiwari (Cg) & A.S. Suresh Krishna (AP) 4-6,6-3,(10-6); Kamala Kannan (TN) & N. Vijay Sundar Prashanth (TN)(4) bt Ashmeet Singh (Raj) & Vishwanath Savadi (Kar) 6-1,6-1; Yuvraj Haral (Mah) & Aniket Sudhir (Mah) bt Deepinder Bains (Chd) & Bharat Bhardwaj (UP) 6-4,6-1; Ladies' Doubles Quarter Finals : Asha Nanda Kumar (Kar) & Akshitha Basavaraju (Kar) beat Rani Smita Jain (IAF) & B. Svarupa Raadhae (TN)(4) 6-0,6-0; Prerna Prathap (Kar) & Prarthana Prathap (Kar) beat D. Harshini Reddy (Kar) & Mohana Sarker (WB)(3) 7-5,6-2.
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