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Nagpur, March 2In a major upset, unseeded Sahaja Yamalapalli surprised fourth-seeded Thai player Punnin Kovapitukted 6-2, 6-1 in a match lasting 1 hours an hour 10 minutes to enter the singles quarter finals at the Aryan Pumps- MSLTA Womens' 15K ITF World Tennis Tour Event being organised by Nagpur District Hardcourt Tennis Association (NDHTA) under the auspices of ITF , AITA and MSLTA with MSLTA and played at MSLTA Tennis Academy at Ramnagar, Nagpur.The Thai who won the second leg at Gurugram looked visibly tired playing her fourth tournament in a row to go down tamely to Hyderabad based YamlapalliSecond seeded Anna Ureke of Russia was given a fight by Indian player Pratyusha Rachapudi before winning 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 in a match 2 hours and 10 minutes to make her fourth quarter finals in a row .Top seeded Zeel Desai also making her fourth quarter finals in a row outplayed Denmark’s Elena Jamshedi 6-2 , 6-1In another match third seeded Emily Seibold of Germany overcane a fighting Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty 7-6(4), 6-3 to make the last eight stageIn the Doubles quarter finals the pair of Sai Samhitha Chamarthi and Soha Sadiq upset second seeded Jennifer Luikham and Mihika Yadav 6-3, 6-1ResultsSingles (round 2): Zeel Desai (IND) [1] bt Elena Jamshidi (DEN) 6-2, 6-1; Anna Ureke (RUS) [2] bt Prathyusha Rachapudi (IND) 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Emily Seibold (GER) [3] bt Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (IND) 7-6(4), 6-3; Jennifer Luikham (IND) [6] bt Humera Baharmus (IND) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Sahaja Yamalapalli (IND) bt Punnin Kovapitukted (THA) [4] 6-2, 6-1; Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND) [5] bt Yubarani Banerjee (IND) 6-2, 6-1; Sathwika Sama (IND) [7] bt Shreya Tatavarthy (IND) 6-4, 6-2Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND) bt Smriti Bhasin (IND) 6-4, 6-3;Doubles (QF): Nidhi Chilumula (IND) [3] - Saumya Vig (IND) bt Dakshata Patel (IND)-Ishwari Matere (IND) 6-1, 6-1Sai Samhitha Chamarthi (IND) / Soha Sadiq (IND) bt Jennifer Luikham (IND) [2] / Mihika Yadav (IND) 6-3, 6-1; Vaidehi Chaudhari (IND) - Emily Seibold (GER) [1] bt Humera Baharmus (IND) - Yubarani Banerjee (IND) 6-2, 6-2; Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (IND)- Sathwika Sama (IND) bt Stefanie Auer (AUT)-/ Ilaria Sposetti (ITA)(Walkover)

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