JOIN USNehel won 6-2, 6-3 to set up a last-eight clash with top seed Sheethal Goutham of Karnataka, who was given a tough fight by her rival Ashvarya Shrivastav of Maharashtra before clinching her quarterfinal berth with a 7-6 (7-5), 6-4 victory.
Results: Men’s doubles, quarterfinals: 1-Vivek Shokeen/ Ashutosh Singh (Del) bt Sagar Ahuja/ Rakshay Thakkar (Mah) 6-0, 6-1; 3-Kamala Kannan/ Mohammed Fariz (TN) bt Chandril Sood/ Lakshit Sood (UP) 6-2, 6-7 (10-8), 10-8; 4-Aditya Madkekar (Mah)/ Saurav Sukul (WB) bt Yogesh Phogat (Har)/ Nikunj Siwach (Goa) 7-5, 3-6, 10-5.
Women’s singles (quarterfinals): 1-Sheethal Goutham (Kar) bt Ashvarya Shrivastav (Mah) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4; Dehal Sahni (Del) bt 6-Prarthana Pratap 6-2, 6-3; 4-Rashmi Teltumbe (Mah) bt Sonal Phadke (Mah) 6-3, 6-1; 5-Nupur Kaul (Mah) bt Abhilasha Ahuja (Har) 6-1, 7-5; 8-Tanvi Shah (Mah) bt Amreen Chaddhary (UP) 6-0, 6-1; 3-Treta Bhattacharya (WB) bt Shruti Archita 6-1, 6-0; Natasha Palha (Goa) bt Madhuri Patere (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; 2-Shivika Burman (WB) bt Kesica Jayapalan (TN) 6-1, 6-0.