Unseeded Kaavya knocks out second seed Humera in Khelo tennis

Second seed Humera Shaik of Telangana was Tuesday knocked out in the girls Under-21 tennis event by Kaavya Sawhney of Uttar Pradesh during the Khelo India Games here.

Meanwhile, in the boys Under-17 quarter-finals, Maharashtra's Aryaan Bhatia upset top seed Ajay Malik of Haryana 6-4, 6-4.

Joining him in the last four was Sushant Dabas of Haryana, who beat Kisan Hooda of Chandigarh 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, a media release said.

In the other quarter-finals, Gurustat Makkar of Chandigarh lost to Krish Patel of Gujarat 2-6, 2-6 and the later will now face Divesh Gahlot of Haryana who beat Gujarat's Dev Javia 6-4, 6-2.

Kaavya defeated Humera by a 6-3, 6-2 margin as her powerful serve and relentless returning proved too much for Humera.

In other quarter-final action, top seed Mahak Jain of Madhya Pradesh was up against Vaidehi Chaudhari of Gujarat.

The India no. 5 surprising trailed 3-5 in the first set having dropped serve, but used all her experience and broke Vaidehi back ...