Daksh, Ruma topple top seeds to enter last four

Daksh Agarwal and Ruma Gaikaiwari upset top seeds to enter the semifinal of the boys and girls singles event at the MSLTA KPIT - Arun Wakankar Memorial ATF Asian under 14 Series Tennis Tournament today.

In the the boys quarterfinal, fifth-seeded Agarwal outplayed top-seeded Shivam Kadam 6-3, 6-0 while in another upset under 12 national champion Manas Dhamne upset fourth-seeded Nithis Nallusamy 7-6(5),2-6,6-1.

Omaansh Saharia continued the upset spree in the boys singles, accounting for second seed Krishang Raghuvanshi 7-5, 6-3 to make it to the last four.

Third seed Anargha Ganguly was the lone seed to survive as he outplayed Manuel Josh of Great Britain 6-1, 6-2.

In the girls singles, Pune girl and wild card Ruma created the biggest upset of the day by knocking out top seed Pari Singh 3-6,6-2,6-4 to make it to the semifinal round.

Veda Prapurna , Shruti Ahlawat and Sonal Patil were the other girls to make it to the last four stage in the girls singles.

The results (Quarter finals):