Mumbai, May 27: Qualifier Tahira Bhatti of Delhi upset third seed C Sai Samhita of Tamil Nadu to enter the pre quarter finals of the U-16 girls singles in the 4th Ramesh Desai All India Ranking tournament for juniors here today.
Tahira ousted Samhita, ranked seventh in the country, 6-4 6-2.
In two other surprise results, unseeded TN’s Binu Ravikumar, ranked 59, and wild card Prabhuti Singhania, ranked 110, ousted seeded rivals Shivani Dabbas (11th seed) of Delhi and 12th seed Kirandeep Kaur of Gujarat in straight sets to enter the last 16.
Top seed Iska Teertha of AP, ranked 4, and second seed Rutuja Bhosala of Maharashtra, ranked 5, took their appointed places in the pre quarters with easy wins over Vasanti Shinde (Maharashtra) and Karman Kaur (Delhi) respectively.
–PTI