Unseeded Pal Upadhyay caused a major upset by defeating fifth seed Angel Patel in a thrilling three-set pre-quarterfinal match at the ITF J30 tennis tournament in Ahmedabad.
Pal won 6-3, 5-7, 7-5. The match reached the deciding set after both players won one set each. Paul used brilliant aggressive shots and rallies to force Angel to play consistent baseline games. In other girls' matches, top seed Aishwarya Jadhav defeated Aahan Aahan 1-6, 6-1, 6-0, Shaivy Daval defeated Disha Kumar 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, Aakriti Sonkusare defeated Diya Agarwal 6-2, 5-7, 7. -5th seed Riddhi Shinde continued her campaign by defeating Jainavi Asava 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.
In the boys category, Om Patel defeated Aarav Chawla 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, Manan Agarwal defeated Ojas Mahalawat 5-7, 6-3, 6-2, Vatsal Manikant defeated Shivtej Shariful 6-0, 6-0, Adhiraj Thakur defeated Amit Munde 6-0, 6-1.