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Pune, March 11 Three Ind fourth seed Rutuja Bhosale, seventh seed Zeel Desai, and wildcard Viadehi Chaudhari entered the singles quarterfinals of the $25000 ITF WTT Cup Tennis Championships on Thursday.In the second round matches played, local favourite Rutuja ended the good run of qualifier Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi 6-1, 6-3 in one hour 10 minutes. Seventh seeded Zeel Desai continued to impress as she came back from the loss of first set to end the challenge of Fed Cup player Sowjanya Bavisetti 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in a 2 hour 17 minutes battle.Vaidehi Chaudhari justified the organisers faith in awarding her a wild card stopping giant killer Soha Sadiq 6-4, 6-2 and enter her first quarterfinals at this level.In other matches, third seeded Laura Pigossi of Brazil but settled in Spain outplayed qualifier Nidhi Chilumula 6-0, 6-3.Seasoned sixth seeded Emily Webley-Smith of Great Britain tackled a young Jasmin Jebawy of Germany 6-4, 6-3.Eighth seeded and former top 100 player Irina Khromacheva proved a bit strong for Mihika Yadav securing a 6-2, 6-2 win while second seeded Miriam Bianca Bulgaru Romania served out Ramya Natarajan 6-3, 6-1. Fifth seeded Marianna Zakarlyuk of Ukraine didn't spend much time on the court as her opponent Pia Lovric Slovenia Conceded with the scores being 3-1.Results (Main Draw):Singles: Second Round:Vaidehi Chaudhari (Ind) bt Soha Sadiq(Ind) 6-4, 6-2Emily Webley-Smith (Gbr) [6] Bt Jasmin Jebawy (Ger)6-4, 6-3Laura Pigossi (Bra) [3]Bt Nidhi Chilumula (Ind) 6-0, 6-3Zeel Desai (Ind) [7] Bt Sowjanya Bavisetti (Ind) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2Marianna Zakarlyuk (Ukr) [5] W/O Pia Lovric (Slo) 3-1 (conceded)Rutuja Bhosale (Ind) [4] Bt Sravya Shivani Chilakalapudi (Ind) 6-1, 6-3Irina Khromacheva (Rus) [8] Bt Mihika Yadav (Ind) 6-2, 6-2Miriam Bianca Bulgaru (Rou) [2] Bt Ramya Natarajan (Ind) 6-3, 6-1Doubles (quarterfinals):Rutuja Bhosale (Ind) / Emily Webley-Smith (Gbr) [1] bt Humera Baharmus (Ind) / Shrivalli Rashmikaa Bhamidipaty (Ind) 6-1,6-2Riya Bhatia (Ind) [2] / Miriam Bianca Bulgaru (Rou) bt Nidhi Chilumula (Ind) / Saumya Vig (Ind) 6-4, 6-2Pia Lovric (Slo) / Adrienn Nagy (Hun) [4] bt Jennifer Luikham (Ind) / Mihika Yadav (Ind) 6-2, 6-2Ashmitha Easwaramurthi (Ind) / Bhuvana Kalva (Ind) Vs. Sowjanya Bavisetti (Ind) [3] / Prarthana G. Thombare (Ind) 6-4, 6-2( With inputs from IANS )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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