Second seed Hiya Doshi advanced into the semi-finals in the Youth Girls singles event as well as Jr. Girls event of the Malabar Hill Club 5-Star Mumbai City District TT Championship 2018, conducted under the auspices of the MCDTTA and played at the Malabar Hill Club on Tuesday.
In quarter-final encounters, Hiya started shakily and lost the opening game but she managed to find her rhythm and fought hard to sideline Riya Suryanshi in four games, winning at 5-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8. Hiya tasted more success as she reached her second semi final when she defeated Shreya Patil 11-8, 11-4, 11-9 in the Junior Girls’ singles quarter-finals.
Top seeded in Youth Girls, Mansi Chiplunkar was in full flow and hit some fine winners to tame unseeded Tia Harlalkar in straight games cruising to 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 victory.
Results – Junior Girls singles (Quarter-finals): Keisha Jhaveri bt Nandini Sawant 11-3, 15-13, 11-1;Riya Suryavanshi bt Shanica Kadam 11-6, 14-12, 11-7; Hiya Doshi bt Shreya Patil 11-8, 11-4, 11-9; Trisha Damia bt Nimisha Warang 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-8.
Youth Girls singles (Quarter-finals): Mansi Chiplunkar bt Tia Harlalkar 11-4, 11-4, 11-8; Hiya Doshi bt Riya Suryanshi 5-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-8; Nimish Warang bt Nandani Sawant 11-7, 8-11, 11-7, 11-6; Misbah Sumer bt Krisha Agarwal 8-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-7.
Sub-Junior Boys singles (Round-2): Sameehan Kulkarni bt Aashman Limaye 11-6, 11-8, 11-9; Aarush Sanghvi bt Vatssau Roongta 11-5, 11-6, 11-3; Aarav Sanghvi bt Avdhut Thorat 11-8, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6; Shreyas Sawant bt Harsh Suryavanshi 11-6, 11-7, 11-2; Dayanesh Sawant bt Vir Jehil Thakkar 11-3, 6-11, 11-5, 11-5; Chaitanya Ahuja bt Mehaan Shah 11-2, 11-7, 11-6; Deevansh Chokshi bt Nihar Shah 11-8, 11-5, 11-8; Yashas Todi bt Vedant Agarwal 11-7, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5; Siddharth Shah bt Pranav Waghmare 11-2, 11-6, 11-5; Aaryan Singhania bt Rayan Kotecha 11-5, 11-4, 11-4; Vedant Patil bt Tarush Mayani 11-8, 11-6, 11-6; Dhruv Das bt Sumair Singh 11-4, 11-8, 11-6.