Roland-Garros Jr meet: Dev, Reshma Maruri in semis

New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Top seed Dev V. Javia, third seed Chirag Duhan and unseeded duo of Nitin Jaipal Singh and Mohit A. Bondree progressed to the semifinals of the Roland-Garros Junior Wild Card Series at the RK Khanna Tennis Complex here on Monday.In the girls' category, top seed Reshma Maruri, second seed Akanksha Nitture and unseeded Sanjana Sirimalla and Vaishnavi Adkar made it to the last four stage. In the first match of the day, Dev V. Javia justified his top billing as he comfortably won 6-1, 6-0 against fellow Gujarat player Rudra Pratap Bhatt. The second match of the opening day saw unseeded Nitin Jaipul Singh fight back against fourth seed Uddayvir Singh to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Third seed Chirag Duhan then beat Haryana boy Ajay Malik in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. In the final match in the boys' category, unseeded Mohit A. Bondree pulled off an upset as he defeated second seed Krishan Hooda 6-4, 7-5.The girls' category witnessed its own share of upsets as unseeded Vaishnavi Adkar defeated third seed Sarah Dev 6-3, 6-3. Fourth seed Sandeepti Singh Rao was also outplayed by unseeded Sanjana Sirimalla as the latter put on a clinical performance to win 6-2, 6-2. Top seed Reshma Maruri then calmly fought off a late comeback by Nikita Vishwase to win 6-2, 6-4. Similarly, second seed Akanksha Nitture cruised to a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Vanshika Choudhary.
--IANS dm/arm