Girls under-16 top seed M Divija of Andhra Pradesh and under-14 No. 1 Garima Vatwani of Delhi [ Images ] crashed out, in the Xtra Premium National Series Tennis Championship, co-sponsored by Dewan Housing, at Practennis, Andheri on Thursday.

On the fourth successive day of surprise verdicts, unseeded Soniyaa Daayal of Maharashtra [ Images ] kicked off another day of upsets when she shocked Divija 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 in an exciting pre-quarter-final tie.

In contrast, wild card Jenai Billimoria of Maharashtra rallied from 1-3 down in the opening set to shock Vatwani 6-3, 6-1 to ease into the under-14 quarter-finals.

Billimoria enjoyed a rewarding day when she also advanced to the under-16 semi-finals after beating compatriot Rasika Sankpal 6-4, 6-2. Unseeded Billimoria endured a scare after leading 4-1 in the first set before earning a crucial break in the ninth game.

Earlier in the pre-quarter-finals, Billimoria fashioned an impressive 7-5, 6-2 win over unseeded Sharmada Balu of Karnataka [ Images ].

Results: Boys U-16 (QF): Gaurav Walia (Mah) bt Sagar Ahuja (Mah) 6-2, 6-1; Karun Uday Singh (Del) bt Shantanu Rajput (Del) 7-5, 6-0; 7-Ankit Sachdeva (Del) bt 4-Lakshit Sood (UP) 3-6, 7-5, 6-1; Debendra Das (Mah) bt 8-Sameer Patwardhan (Mah) 6-3, 6-1.

Boys U-14 (QF): 7-Shahbaz Khan (Mah) bt Ryoto Tachi (Mah) 6-3, 6-4; 3-Mohit Mayur (TN) bt Siddharth Rawat (UP) 7-6 (4), 6-1; 4-S.V. Abhishek (AP) bt 9-Tushal Thawani (Mah) 6-4, 6-0; 8-Chetan Pandit (AP) bt Paladugu Saiteja (AP) 6-2, 6-1.

Girls U-16 (QF): Jenai Billimoria (Mah) bt Rasika Sankpal (Mah) 6-4, 6-2.

PQF: Soniyaa Daayal (Mah) bt 1-M. Divija (AP) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; 7-Gopika Kapoor (Del) bt Rashika Sunkara (Del) 6-1, 6-2; Rasika Sankpal (Mah) bt 4-T. Nilaya (AP) 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-4; Jenai Billimoria (Mah) bt Sharmada Balu (Kar) 7-5, 6-2; Tanvi Shah (Mah) bt Dipti Srivastava (WB) 6-2, 6-1; 3-Garima Vatwani (Del) bt Bhavana Suresh (AP) 6-2, 6-3; 8-Nimisha Mohan (Kar) bt Nupur Kaul (Mah) 6-2, 6-3; 2-Prachi Nadkarni (Mah) bt Sharon Paul (TN) 6-3, 6-1.

U-14 (PQF): Jenai Billimoria (Mah) bt 1-Garima Vatwani (Del) 6-3, 6-1; Nupur Kaul (Mah) bt Bhavana Suresh (AP) 6-3, 6-2; 3-Gopika Kapoor (Del) bt Madhuri Patere (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; 7-Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Sharmada Balu (Kar) 6-4, 6-2; 9-Ratnika Batra (Del) bt 5-Shweta Rana (Del) 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-0; 4-Rashika Sunkara (Del) bt Arushi Sharma (Del) 6-4, 6-4; 8-Nova Patel (Guj) bt Vaniya Dhagwal (Guj) 6-0, 6-2.