Kolkata, March 22 : Janvi Patel of Gurajat shocked Shivani Sravya, top seed in the girls singles of the under-18 category, at the ongoing Rendez-Vous A Roland Garros national series tennis tournament at the red clay courts of the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad (DKS) here on Wednesday.
Janvi, seeded 11 in the draw, dismissed the top seed from Telangana in straight sets 6-3, 6-4.
There was more surprise in store as second seed Trisha Vinod lost to Gujarat's Bhakti Bharat Parwani in the pre-quarter final stage 1-6, 4-6.
Yubrani Banerjee outclassed 16th seed Sara Yadav by a close 7-6(4),6-4.
Banerjee will meet fifth seed Prerna Vichare of Maharashtra in the quarter-finals on Thursday.
In the boys singles under-18 section, top two seeds, Parikshit Somani and Rishabh Sharda sailed through to the quarter-finals, with straight set wins over Dhananjay Govind and Ashish Sinha with scorelines of 6-0, 6-1 and 6-1, 6-3, respectively.
