Asian closed junior Tennis championship/4th day

Seventh seed Rishika Sunkara kept India’s challenge alive by entering


the girls’ singles quarter-final on day four of the Asian Closed

Junior Tennis Championship at RK Khanna Tennis Complex on Thursday.

Sunkara prevailed over her Chinese opponent, 11th seed Zhaoxuan Yang

with a 6-2, 7-5 victory.
Other Indian hopefuls in the girls’ singles, Ankita Raina (No. 14),


Sharon Sanchana Paul (15), 10th seed Kyra Shroff, Adnya Naik and

Natasha Palha tasted defeat at the pre-quarterfinal stage. The top

five seeded girls have all secured their place in the last eight of

the competition, which is a test event for the 2010 Commonwealth

Games.
Following are the completed results of the girls’ singles

pre-quarterfinal matches till 7 pm.
Girls Singles:
1. Ran Tian (CHN) [2] beat Sharon Sanchana Paul (IND) [15] 6-2, 6-0
2. Eri Hozumi (JPN) [1] beat Adnya Naik (IND) 6-2, 6-1
3. Zi Yang (CHN) [4] beat Ankita Raina (IND) [14] 6-3, 6-1
4. Sabina Sharipova (UZB) [8] beat Natasha Palha (IND) 7-5, 6-3
5. Rishika Sunkara (IND) [7] beat Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) [11] 6-2, 7-5
6. Lin Zhu (CHN) [5] beat Kyra Shroff (IND) [10] 6-4, 6-4
7. Miyu Kato (JPN) [3] beat Li-Yun ‘Stefanie’ Tan (SIN) [13] 6-4, 6-4
8. Miho Kowase (JPN) [9] beat Napatsakorn Sankaew (THA) [6] 7-5, 2-6, 6-1