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Natasha Palha beats Zhu Lin

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NEW DELHI: Natasha Palha knocked out the fifth-seeded Zhu Lin of China 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the girls' pre-quarterfinals, of the ITF juniors grade II tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Tuesday.

In the quarterfinals, the 16-year-old Natasha will meet wild card Kyra Shroff who dismissed qualifier Adnya Naik for the loss of just two games in the pre-quarterfinals. Adnya had beaten the third-seeded Miyu Kato of Japan earlier in the day.

National champion Ratnika Batra finished off her overnight match against the eighth-seeded Sabina Sharipova of Uzbekistan, closing it out 7-5, 4-6, 6-3, and then returned in the afternoon to beat Sharon Paul and book a quarterfinal berth.

In the boys' section, Mansingh Athare beat the fifth-seeded Sai Karthik to earn a shot at the top-seeded Liang-Chi Huang of Chinese Taipei.

Vaidik Munshaw, Ronit Bisht and Vinod Gowda were the other Indian boys to make the quarterfinals.

The results: Boys: Pre-quarterfinals: Liang-Chi Huang (Tpe) 6-1, 6-1; Mansingh Athare bt Sai Karthik 6-4, 6-4; Ouyang Bowen (Chn) bt Warit Sornbutnark (Tha) 6-3, 6-0; Vaidik Munshaw bt ARtem Tarasov (Uzb) 6-4, 6-4; Ronit Bisht bt Wen-Yao Liang (Tpe) 6-1, 6-3; Justin To (Hkg) bt Rohit Bisht 6-3, 6-0; Vinod Gowda bt Viktor Polyakov (Rus) 7-6(1), 6-2; Wang Chuhan (Chn) bt Chi-Shan Jao (Tpe) 6-2, 6-4. First round: Mansingh Athare bt Yuki Muramatsu (Jpn) 7-6(4), 6-2; Wen-Yao Liang (Tpe) bt Sai Saran Reddy 6-2, 6-3.

Girls: Pre-quarterfinals: Eri Hozumi (Jpn) bt Li-Yun Stefanie Tan (Sin) 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(2); Yang Zhaoxuan (Chn) bt Ankita Bhatia 6-1, 6-0; Ratnika Batra bt Sharon Paul 6-4, 6-4; Natasha Palha bt Zhu Lin (Chn) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; Kyra Shroff bt Adnya Naik 6-1, 6-1; Miho Kowase (Jpn) bt Napatsakorn Sankaew (Tha) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5; Tian Ran (Chn) bt Sharmada Balu 6-1, 6-1.

First round: Yang Zi (Chn) bt Nova Patel 6-2, 6-2; Ayaka Okuno (Jpn) bt Sowjanya Bavisetti 7-5, 3-6, 6-2; Ratnika Batra bt Sabina Sharipova (Uzb) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Zhu Lin (Chn) bt Kanika Vaidya 6-0, 6-3; Adnya Naik bt Miyu Kato (Jpn) 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Napatsakorn Sankaew (Tha) bt Shweta Rana 6-2, 3-6, 6-2; Sharmada Balu bt Sanae Ota (Jpn) 6-2, 6-2 .

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