Rishi Behl in quarterfinals

NEW DELHI, NOV. 9. Rishi Behl defeated compatriot Nihal Advani 6- 1, 1- 6, 6-4 to move into the quarterfinals of the Grade-3 ITF juniors tennis tournament in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

Rishi will meet the third-seeded Dias Doskaraev of Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals. Nihal Advani had done well earlier to beat the fifth-seeded Anuwat Dalodom of Thailand 6-2, 6-3 in the third round.

The top-seeded Amanjot Singh could not make it to the tournament, while the fourth-seeded Rohan Gajjar gave a walkover because of an injury suffered during the final last week in Miri Sarawak, Malaysia.

There was disappointment in the girls' section, as the top-seeded Megha Vakharia fell in the second round in straight sets to the unfancied Nindya Septi Yutami of Indonesia.

The results (featuring Indians): Boys: singles (pre- quarterfinals): Rishi Behl bt Nihal Advani 6-1, 1-6, 6-4; Tai-Wei Liu (Tpe) bt Saurabh Singh 6- 1, 6-2.

Third round: Wang-Cheng Hsieh (Tpe) bt Amit Karunakaran 6-2, 6-1; Rishi Behl bt Hyung-Chan Lim (Kor) 6- 1, 6-2; Nihal Advani bt Anuwat Dalodom (Tha) 6-2, 6-3; Saurabh Singh bt Sunu Wahyu Trijati (Ina) 6-0, 6-2.

Second round: Il-Hae Kim (Kor) w\o Amanjot Singh; Amit Karunakaran bt Shailesh Kumar (Bru) 6-0, 6-0; Rishi Behl bt Raymond Holganza (Bru) 6-0, 6-0; Nihal Advani bt Raj Dormani (Mas) 6-4, 6-2; Chu-Huan Yi (Tpe) w\o Rohan Gajjar; Saurabh Singh bt Michael Adrian Basco (Phi) 6-1, 6-2; Daryl Lim (Bru) w\o Akash Sharma. (First round byes for Inidans).

Doubles (pre-quarterfinals): Jonathan Chan/Nikesh Singh (Mas) bt Rishi Behl/Saurabh Singh 6-4, 4-6, 6- 3.

First round: Rishi Behl/Saurabh Singh bt Scott Fletcher (Aus)/Roger Tan (Mas) 6-4, 6-3; Hiu Tung Yu/Brian Hung (Hkg) bt Nihal Advani/Amit Karunakaran 6-0, 6-4.

Girls: singles (third round): Petra Teller (Hun) bt Nidhi Shah 6- 1, 6-2.

Second round: Septi Nindya Yutami (Ina) bt Megha Vakharia 6-4, 6- 3; Nidhi Shah bt Eliza Rustandar (Ina) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5; Katarzyna Siwosz (Pol) bt Krushmi Chheda 6-1, 6-2; Pichaya Laosirichon (Tha) bt Nansi Jharna 6-1, 6-0. (First round byes for Indians).

Doubles (quarterfinals): Megha Vakharia/Pichaya Laosirichon bt Diana Julianto/Eliza Rustandar (Ina) 6-4, 6-1.

Pre-quarterfinals: Megha Vakharia/Pichaya Laosirichon bt Febri Joanna (Ina)/Charlene Kuan (Bru) 6-0, 6-0; Eliza Rustandar/Diana Julianto bt Lindsay Woon (Mas)/Krushmi Chheda 7-6 (7-0), 6-3; Michelle Snyman/Susan Emma Delport (RSA) bt Nidhi Shah/Nansi Jharna 6-4, 6-0.

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