Unseeded Anushka Bharghava beat top seed Prarthana Thombare 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the third round in the girls section of the Bowring Institute Asian Tennis Federation junior-ranking (U-14) tournament here on Tuesday.

Anushka, undeterred by her opponent’s rank and stature, played within her limitations to send the top seed home. The first set saw a see-saw battle with both of them holding their serve till the seventh game when Anushka got the decisive break which helped her win the set.

Prarthana shed her complacency and came back roaring, racing to a 3-0 lead in the second set. Too many double faults didn’t help Anushka’s cause either.

Anushka, howerver, looked a much better player in the decider with her crisp returns and excellent backhands. It was all over for Prarthana when she double faulted at match point in the ninth game.

In the third round, the Hyderabad girl will take on Bhuvana, who breezed past S P Ritu 6-3, 6-2.

The boy’s section also saw a couple of upsets with Karnataka’s Vinod Gowda packing off third-seeded Rakshay Thakkar 4-6, 6-2, 6-4. Vinod’ State-mate and seventh seeded Sharan Patil also advanced to the third round with a facile 6-1, 6-1 win over Rohit Raje.

Results Singles: (II round): Prefix denotes seedings (Indians unless mentioned) Boys: 1-Rohit Bist bt Darp Anirudha Milind 6-2, 6-0; 5-Adwait Sadwilkar bt Passi Vishal 4-6, 6-4, 6-4; 4-Ronit Bist bt R Ramkumar 6-4, 6-1, 6-Tushal Thawani bt S M Abdullah 6-2, 6-1; Digvijay Singh bt 8-Jaiswal D 6-1, 6-1; Vinod Gowda bt 3-Rakshay Thakkar 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; 7-Sharan Patil bt Rohit Raje 6-1, 6-1; 2-Mayur J Mohith bt S Raghavendra 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles: Rohit Raje/ Soni Jay bt Supreeth B/ Anvit Bendre 4-1, 5-4 (8-6); R Vigneesh/ Sharan Patil bt D Aniruddha/ Advait S 4-1, 4-0; S Karan/Rohan Gaonkar bt Anirudh P/ Vikrant 5-4 (7-4), 4-2; Vishal Passi/ Jaiswal D bt R Sharad/ Sibimon 5-4 (7-4), 4-1; Tushal T/ Rakshay Thakkar bt Arjun Khade/ Vinod Gowda 5-3, 4-1; Rithwik Anand/ S Raghavendra bt Shukla S/ Ramkumar 2-4, 4-2, 10-8; Digvijay Singh/ Ramkumar bt Mayur Mohith/ Nguyen Hoang Thien (Vie).

Girls (Singles): Anushka Bharghava bt 1-Prarthana Thombare 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Bhuvana K bt S P Ritu 6-3, 6-2; Ravina Shetty bt 4-Parminder Kaur 6-0, 6-1; Wadha Kaur bt Pooja Kudesia 6-0, 6-2; Ankita Bhatia bt Preeti Ujjini 6-3, 6-4; Vishesh VKC bt Preeti Gokhale 6-3, 7-6 (8-6); B Sowjanya bt Sivani Varma Saranya 6-1, 6-2; 2-Ali Sajjad Zainar bt Vignathya Reddu 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles: Soujanya B/ Anushka Bhargava bt Ankita Bhatia/ Megha Sehrawat 4-1, 4-1; Sivani Varma Saranya/ Sukhmani Kaur bt Nunes A/ Smriti 4-0, 5-4 (7-3); Sai Samhitha/ B Nityaraj bt S P Ritu/ Preethi Gokhale 4-1, 4-2; Ravina Shetty/ Gauri Baindoor bt Pooja Kudeisa/ Preeti Ujjini 4-0, 4-1; Spurti Sivalingaiah/ Spurti Mallampati bt K Bhuvana/ Vignaytha Reddy.