Third seed Sonal Patil, the champion of the last tournament, was stretched to three sets by fifth seed Rachita Talwar in the quarterfinals of the ₹100,000 AITA women’s tennis tournament at the Joygaon Academy in Jhajjar on Wednesday. Sonal won 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
In the semifinals, Sonal will challenge top seed Sahira Singh, who eased past Shefali Arora for the loss of five games. The other last-four clash will be between Divya Bhardwaj and second seed Kashish Bhatia.
The results (quarterfinals):
Sahira Singh bt Shefali Arora 6-3, 6-2; Sonal Patil bt Rachita Talwar 6-3, 4-6, 6-2; Divya Bhardwaj bt Chandana Potugari 6-3, 6-3; Kashish Bhatia bt Medhavi Singh 6-1, 6-1.
