NEW DELHI: Shruti Dhawan of Delhi blanked Chandigarh's Tarminder Kaur to storm into the quarterfinals in the All-India Delhi Open women's tennis tournament at DLTA courts.

Dhawan booked a last-eight berth against fifth-seed Nikita Bhardwaj (Gujarat). Bhardwaj beat Kameshwari Vadali of Andhra Pradesh 6-0, 6-3 in another match in the top half of the draw.

Third seed Shalini Thakur of Delhi set up a quarterfinal clash against Maharashtra's Stuti Smit. Thakur defeated Saumya Rana (Del) 6-2, 6-3 while Smit bt Delhi's Nikhila Natrajan 6-2, 6-0.

PSCB fancied

CHENNAI: Reigning champions Petroleum Sports Control Board (PSCB) in the men's and Railways in the women's start as favourites as the stage is set for the Indian Oil-Servo 60th Senior National table tennis championship beginning here on Wednesday.

Gokhale leads

MEHSANA, GUJARAT: International Master (IM) Jayant Gokhale of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) emerged as the sole leader with themaximum score of six points at the end of the sixth round in 10th Petroleum Sports Control Board (PSCB) All-India individual chess championship being hosted by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) at the Mehsana Water Park.