By IANS
Kolkata : Unseeded Harsh Mankad sprang a surprise, outclassing fifth seed Vivek Shokeen in straight sets to book a quarter-final berth in the men’s singles event at the Indian Oil Servo National Grasscourt Tennis Championship here Wednesday.
Mankad defeated Delhi lad Vivek 6-4,6-4 in just 91 minutes in the pre-quarterfinals at the South Club. In the other matches, top seed Maharshtra’s Karan Rastogi sailed into the quarters with a facile 6-3, 6-2 win over statemate fellow Rohan Gajar while second seed Ashutosh Singh of Delhi beat Arjun Goutham of Karnataka 6-0,7-6(7-5).
In the women’s pre-quarters, top seed Rushmi Chakravarthy of Tamil Nadu beat state-mate Shahin Ansari 6-1,6-0 while second seed Sonal Phadke of Maharashtra beat local girl Dipti Srivastava 6-3,6-1.
Results of matches played today
Pre-quarterfinals:
Men’s singles: Karan Rastogi (1)(Mah)(3) beat Rohan Gajar (Mah)(16) 6-3,6-2; Harsh Mankad (WC)(Mah) beat Vivek Shokeen (5)(Del)(9) 6-4,6-4; Divij Sharan (4)(Del)(7) beat Kamala Kannan (TN)(34) 6-2,6-4; Vinod Sridhar (7)(TN)(12) beat Sriram Balaji (Q)(TN)(56) 6-4,7-6(7-4); V.M. Ranjeet (TN)(18) beat Manoj Kumar Sewa (WC)(WB)(34) 6-3,6-4; Syed Fazaluddin (WC)(WB) beat Aditya Madkekar (3)(Kar)(6) 6-4,6-2; J. Vishnu Vardhan (6)(AP)(11) beat Rahil Makharia (Q)(Mah)(56) 6-4,6-2; Ashutosh Singh (2)(Del)(4) beat Arjun Goutham (Kar)(29) 6-0,7-6(7-5)
Ladies’ singles: Rushmi Chakravarthy (1)(TN)(4) beat Shahin Ansari (Q)(TN)(51) 6-1,6-0; Rashmi Teltumbde (7)(Mah)(17) beat Geeta Manohar (AP)(71) 7-5,7-6(7-4); Asha Nanda Kumar (Q)(3)(Kar)(11) beat Gunuganti Janaki (Q)(AP)(71) 6-2,6-1; Pooja Shree Venkatesh (Kar)(42) beat Sweta Kumari Solanki (5)(Del)(14) 6-1,6-1; Ragini Vimal (6)(WB)(15) beat Anushree Thamanna (Q)(Kar)(58) 6-1,6-1; Treta Bhattacharyya (WB)(35) beat Smita Rani Jain (IAF)(43) 6-2,6-1; Shalini Sahoo (8)(Del)(19) beat Anukriti Prasad (Del)(22) 6-0,6-0; Sonal Phadke (2)(Mah)(9) beat Dipti Srivastava (WC)(WB) 6-3,6-1.
Men’s doubles: J. Vishnu Vardhan (AP) & Vinod Sridhar (TN)(3) beat Rahil Makharia (Mah) & Alon Moses (Mah) 6-1,6-0; A.S. Suresh Krishna (AP) & Praveen Henry Kalathoti (AP) beat Harshvardhan Thirani (WB) & Javed Akbar Hazary (Pun) 6-3,6-4, N. Sriram Balaji (TN) & V.M. Ranjeet (TN)(4) beat Vijay Sundar Prashanth (TN) & Kamala Kannan (TN) 0-6,7-6(7-1),(10-6); Rohan Gide (Mah) & Shivang Mishra (Del) beat Yannick Nelord (Del) & Arjun Goutham (Kar) 6-4,6-2; Aditya Madkekar (Kar) & Rohan Gajjar (Mah)(2) beat P.C. Vignesh (AP) & Mohammed Fariz (TN) 6-2,5-7,(10-7).
Ladies’ doubles: Rushmi Chakravarthi (TN) & Sonal Phadke (Mah)(1) beat Shilpi Jaiswal (Bih) & Anukriti Prasad (Del) 6-1,6-1; Treta Bhattacharyya (WB) & Rashmi Teltumbde (Mah) beat Vishakha Sheoran (Del) & Shivika Burman (WB) 2-6,6-3,(10-4); Chirashanti Rajur (Kar) & Anupama Rajur (Kar)(4) beat P. Sahan Shetty (Kar) & M.S. Shivani (Kar) 6-1,6-0; Prerna Pratap (Kar) & Rani Smita Jain (IAF) beat Jilke Nelord (Del) & P.V. Raja Rakeshwari (AP) 4-6,6-4,(10-2); Geeta Manohar (Kar) & Archana Venkatraman (Kar) beat Sweta Kumari Solanki (Del) & Shalini Sahoo (Del) 6-3,6-4; Asha Nanda Kumar (Kar) & Sagarika Phadke (Mah)(3) beat Kesika Jayapalan (TN) & Anushree Thamanna (Kar) 6-2,6-4; Arushi Sharma (Del) & Mohana Sarker (WB) beat Shahin Ansari (TN) & D. Harshini Reddy (Kar) 3-6,6-3,(10-8); Pooja Shree Venkatesh (Kar) & Janaki Gunuganti (AP) beat Parul Goswami (Del) & Ragini Vimal (WB)(2) 7-5,6-2.
Quarter-finals:
Men’s doubles: Divij Sharan (Del) & Ashutsh Singh (Del)(1) beat Syed Saif (WB) & Siddharth Verma (WB) 6-3,6-1; J. Vishnu Vardhan (AP) & Vinod Sridhar (TN)(3) beat Manoj Kumar Sewa (WB) & Vinod Kumar Sewa (WB) 6-2,6-2; N. Sriram Balaji (TN) & V.M. Ranjeet (TN)(4) beat A.S. Suresh Krishna (AP) & Praveen Henry Kalathoti (AP) 6-3,6-2;
Ladies’ doubles: Rushmi Chakravarthi (TN) & Sonal Phadke (Mah)(1) Treta Bhattacharyya (WB) & Rashmi Teltumbde (Mah); Chirashanti Rajur (Kar) & Anupama Rajur (Kar)(4) beat Prerna Pratap (Kar) & Rani Smita Jain (IAF) 6-1,6-3; Geeta Manohar (Kar) & Archana Venkatraman (Kar) Asha Nanda Kumar (Kar) & Sagarika Phadke (Mah)(3); Pooja Shree Venkatesh (Kar) & Janaki Gunuganti (AP) beat Arushi Sharma (Del) & Mohana Sarker (WB) 6-0,6-2.