Mehta topples top seed Jaiswal to enter semis

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Press Trust of India Pune
Last Updated : Jun 03 2015 | 6:28 PM IST
Nashik boy Vikrant Mehta caused the biggest upset of the day by toppling top seed Vandit Jaiswal to enter the boys' singles semi finals in the BVG India-Arun Wakankar ATF Asian Under 14 Series Tennis Tournament here today.
The tenth standard student overwhelmed Jaiswal 6-4 6-2 and joined Lucknow boy Rudra Kapoor, who scored an upset 6-2 6-2 win over third seed Vansh Bhagtani, in the last four.
Second seed Vipul Mehta and sixth seed Siddhant Bhavnani completed the boys' semi final line-up.
Mehta ousted Tejasvi Mehra 6-3 6-3 while Bhavnani shut out Gaurang Mishra 6-2 6-3 in the quarter finals.
In the girls' singles wild card Richa Chaugule of Pune continued her fabulous run by knocking out fifth seed Sana Khana 6-1 6-3 to enter the semis.
Also through to the last four was wild card Malikaa Marathe who led 5-0 in the opening set when her second-seeded rival Gauri Bhagia retired citing an injury.
Eighth seed Tannaya Sah tamed fourth seed Nikhita Simhambhatla 6-1 6-4 while no. 6 Mubashira Shaikh eliminated Aishwarya Patil Andalkar(Ind) 6-2 6-0.
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First Published: Jun 03 2015 | 6:28 PM IST

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