India’s Zeel Desai moved to the girls’ singles pre-quarterfinals of the Junior Australian Open on Monday, PTI reported. The 17-year-old defeated Germany’s Jule Niemeier 6-4, 6-2 in a second-round clash to set up a contest against fifth seeded Serbian Olga Danilovic, who outplayed China’s Shuyue Ma 6-3, 6-1.
Desai, however, bowed out of the doubles event after a first-round loss. Desai and her partner Violet Apisah lost 4-6, 4-6 to fourth seeds Yang Lee and Rebeka Masarova. India’s Mihika Yadav is also in the fray in the singles’ event and will face Japanese 10th seed Mai Hontama.
Buy an annual Scroll Membership to support independent journalism and get special benefits.