Kaavya stuns Na Dong
December 7, 2017
Reference: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/kaavya-stuns-na-dong/article21287236.ece
Qualifier Kaavya Sawhney served well and blasted winners to defeat seventh seed Na Dong of China 6-2, 6-2 in the Gadre Cup ITF junior tennis at the Deccan Gymkhana courts here on Wednesday.
Kaavya will next meet top seed Akanksha Bhan.
Siddhant advances
In the boys’ section, top-seeded Siddhant Banthia continued his winning run with a victory over Finn Murgett of Britain 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 in the second round.
The results (second round):
Boys:
Siddhant Banthia bt Finn Murgett (GBr) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
Michal Wozniak (Pol) bt Kenjiro Shimizu (Jpn) 6-1, 6-2.
Sacchitt Sharrma bt Sai Karteek Reddy 6-0, 6-3.
Abhimanyu Vannem Reddy bt Kaivalya Kalamse 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(3).
M. Theertha Shashank bt Felix Gill (GBr) 1-6, 7-6(9), 6-4.
Jacob Fearnley (GBr) bt Mann Shah 6-3, 6-2.
James Story (GBr) bt Rafael Grovas (Pur) 6-3, 6-2.
Rishabh Sharda bt Nikit Reddy (US) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Girls: Salsa Aher bt Muskan Gupta 6-0, 6-2.
Shivani Amineni bt Jingyi Wang (Chn) 6-1, 6-0.
Mingqiao Yang (Chn) bt Chae Hyun Sim (Kor) 6-2, 7-6(1); Shiori Ito (Jpn) bt Shrivalli Rashmikaa 6-3, 6-4.
Ayumi Miyamoto (Jpn) bt Sharannya Gaware 6-1, 6-1.
Akanksha Bhan bt Doga Turkmen (Tur) 6-3, 6-2.
Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Evelina Kontareva (Rus) 7-5, 6-0.
Kaavya Sawhney bt Na Dong (Chn) 6-2, 6-2.
