AITA Women's Tennis C'ship: Fancied players have it easy

Bengaluru, Feb 10 (IANS) Fancied players stuck to their biling while advancing to the quarterfinals of the the Rs.1 lakh AITA Women's Championship being played at the PBI-CSE Tennis Academy, Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence, here on Wednesday.Leading the charge was top seed Telangana's Humera Baharmus who beat her statemate Abhaya Vemuri in straight sets, 6-1, 6-0. Karnataka's Soha Sadiq, seeded second went past Mushratanjum Shaik (TS) 6-3, 6-0. Seeded No.3 Sravya Shivani of Telangana brushed aside Nidi Sreenivasa with a 6-0, 6-1 victory. Sharmadu Balu also advanced to the last eight stage with a 6-3, 6-0 win over Apoorva SB. Results Round of 16: Humera Baharmus bt Abhaya Vemuri 6-1, 6-0; Sravya Shivani bt Nidi Buvila Sreenivasa 6-0, 6-1; Sonashe Bhatnagar bt Yashaswini Singh Panwar 6-1, 6-2; Apurva Vemuri bt Apeksha Solanki 6-0, 6-1; Soha Sadiq bt Mushratanjum Shaik 6-3, 6-0; Sharmada Balu bt Apoorva SB 6-3, 6-0; Nidhi Chilmulla bt Aaryalee Chavan 6-3, 6-4Doubles Quarterfinals:Sravya Shivani/Sharmada Balu bt Nidi Buvila/Bhargvi Olekar 6-0, 6-0; Sonashe Bhatnagar/Humera Baharmus bt Aaryalee Chavan/Niharika Praveen Deshmukh 6-0, 6-1; Mubashira Anjum Shaik/ Mushratanjumn Shaik bt Sarvani Chinthalapali/ Megha Muthukumaran 6-2, 6-4; Soha Sadiq/ Vanshita Pathania bt Abhaya Vemuri/Apurva Vemuri 7-6 (5), 7-5.
--IANS rkm/qma