Pranjala, Riya oust seeds

Hyderabad: One of the fastest rising players from the city, Pranjala Yadlapalli came back roaring from a second set loss to topple third seed Snehadevi Reddy 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-4 to storm into the singles quarterfinals of the Phoenix Live ITF $10,000 Women Championship, which is being jointly conducted by DRC Sports Foundation and Phoenix Live, at Leonia Holistic Destination in Shamirpet on Wednesday.

The giant-killing act was also enacted by another unseeded player, Riya Bhatia, who ousted fourth seed Sharmada Baluu 7-6, 6-2 to virtually throw open the championship. Making the last eight were second seeded Rishika Sunkara, who swamped Simran Kejriwal 6-0, 6-2 and seventh seed Prarthana Thombare, who had a convincing straight sets win over Amritha Mukherjee;

Results (India wherever not mentioned):Singles-Pre-Quarterfinals: 1-Fatma Al Nabhani (Oman) bt Eetee Mehta 6-1, 6-1; 8-Nidhi Chilumula bt Chun-Yan He (CHN) 6-0, 5-0 (Retd); Riya Bhatia bt 4-Sharmada Baluu 7-6, 6-2; 7-Prarthana Thombare bt Amritha Mukherjee 6-3, 6-3; 6-Prerna Bhambri bt Sneha Padamata 6-0, 6-1; Pranjala Yadlapalli bt 3-Snehadevi Reddy 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-4; 5-Sri Vaishnavi Peddireddy bt Rashmi Teltumbde 6-4, 6-4; 2-Rishika Sunkara bt Simran Kejriwal 6-0,6-2; Doubles-Quarterfinals:1-Sharmada Baluu/Prarthana Thombare bt Ai Kamiyoshihara (JPN)/Chun-Yan He (CHN) 6-2,6-2; 3-Riya Bhatia/Snehadevi Reddy bt Arantxa Andrady/Angelique Svinos (AUS) 6-2, 6-7(6), 10-1; 4-Prerna Bhambri/Rashmi Teltumbde bt Sai Samhitha Chamarthi/Eetee Mehta 4-6, 6-4, 10-7; 2-Nidhi Chilumula/Rishika Sunkara bt Jelena Lukic (SRB)/ Tanisha Rohira 6-2, 7-6(5).