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Parikhit enters semifinal, top seeds crash out

By Sports reporter

GUWAHATI, Nov 20 � Unseeded Nandini Sharma of India caused a major upset in the ongoing ITF Juniors World Ranking Tennis Tournament (U-18 boys and girls) defeating her country mate top seed Vanshika Sawhney 7-5, 2-6, 7-5 in a quarterfinal match at the Chachal complex here today. Another unseeded Indian girl Jeniffer Luikham stunned third seed Xeniya Prokopchuk of Ukraine 7-5/7-5 in another quarterfinal.

Assam boy Parikshit Somani reached the semifinal stage where he will be face Lev Kazakov of Russia tomorrow .

Results: (Girls singles Q/F): Snehal Mane (IND) bt Ainur Suleimenova (KAZ) 6-1, 6-4, Yinglak Jittakoat (THA) bt Eeshita Pande (IND) 6-2, 6-2, Jeniffer Luiukham (INDbt Xeniya Prokopchuk (UKR) 7-5, 7-5, Nandini Sharma (IND) bt Vanshika Sawhney (IND) 7-5, 2-6, 7-5. (Boys singles Pre Q/F): Chak Pong Marco Lam (HKG) bt Mayukh Rawat (IND) 6-0, 6-1, Parikshit Somani (IND) bt Robin Hao Nguy (HKG) 5-4(retired hurt), Lev Kazakov (RUS) bt Deepak Vishwakarma (IND) 6-2, 6-0, Alexey Prokopchuk (UKR) bt Varis Yagudin (RUS) 6-3, 6-4, (Girls doubles Q/F): Xeniya Prokopchuk (UKR)/Nida Shahid Kamal (IND) bt Rashmita Reddy Pasula (IND)/Moulika Ram (IND) 6-4, 6-1, Yinglak Jittakoat (THA)/Mihika Yadav (IND) bt Eeshita Pande (IND) & Nupur Umashankar (IND) 6-3, 6-0, Snehal Mane (IND)/Vansikha Sawhney (IND) bt Kanishka Chawla (IND)/Simran Wadhwa (IND) 6-0, 6-0, Jeniffer Luikham (IND)/Mansi Reddy Siddareddy (IND) bt Rajshree Rathod (IND) /Nandini Sharma (IND) 6-4, 7-5, (Boys doubles Q/F): Deepak Vishwakarma (IND)/Lev Kazakov (RUS) bt Abhimanyu Dakwale (IND)/Mayukh Rawat (IND) 6-3, 6-1, Nishangan Nadaraja (SRI)/Alexey Prokopchop (UKR) bt Taha Kapadia (IND)/Manav Pondukle (IND) 2-6/6-4/10-4, Chak Pong Marko Lam (HKG)/Robin Hao Nguy (HKG) bt Sachin Kumar (IND)/Udayan Bhakar (IND) 7-6(9), 7-6(4), Anurag Nenwani (IND)/Mahendru Tanishq (IND) bt Amarnath Arora (IND)/Yash Yadav (IND) 6-4, 6-3.

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