NEW DELHI, DECEMBER 15: India No 1 Nirupama Vaidyanathan stormed into the last eight of the 25,000 ITF Women’s Tennis Championship defeating Marina Caiazzo France 6-1, 6-3 while Archana Venkataraman lost to second seed Katalin Marosi 2-6, 0-6.

Nirupama looked untroubled, despite being broken once in the second set — at 4-0 up. Marina had nine double faults to Nirupama’s nil.

Nirupama’s doubles partner, top-seeded Italian Tathiana Garbin, allowed Hong Kong No 1 Ka-Po Tong 6-1, 6-2. Garbin, a good volleyer, played mature tennis from the baseline.

The Indian and the Italian later teamed up to beat Wynne Prakusya/Rika Fujiwara 6-3, 6-2. The only time the two seemed out of sync was when a mixed call led to Tathiana’s nose getting in the way of Nirupama’s racquet.

Prakusya kept holding her stomach during the match. She later said that she felt a little odd as she hadn’t eaten anything in a while. She had only half an hour between her singles and doubles matches and she said there was no time to eat and to rest. She plays Nirupama in the singles on Thursday.

RESULTS

Singles pre-quarters: Ju-Yeon Choi Korea bt Anna Nefedova Russia 6-3, 6-1, 3-Lucie Ahl Great Britain bt Eun-Young Ha Korea 7-5, 6-4, Abigail Tordoff Great Britain bt 7-Lorna Woodroffe Great Britain 6-2, 6-3, 5-Rika Hiraki Japan bt Rika Fujiwara Japan 7-6 7-6, 7-5, 6-Nirupama Vaidyanathan India bt Marina Caiazzo France 6-1, 6-3, 2-Katalin Marosi Hungary bt Archana Venkataraman India 6-2, 6-0; 4-Wynne Prakusya Indonesia bt Urska Vesenjak Slovakia 6-4, 6-2; 1-Tathiana Garbin Italy bt Ka-Po Tong Hong Kong 6-1, 6-2

Doubles quarters: Helen Crook/Victoria Davies Great Britain bt Katarina Daskovic/Riei Otakeyama Yugoslavia/Japan 7-5, 7-5, Katalin Marosi/Benjamas Sangram Hungary/Thailand bt Katalin Miskloczi/Tzu-Ting Weng Hungary/Taipei 6-1, 6-3, Tathiana Garbin/Nirupama Vaidyanathan Italy/India bt Rika Fujiwara/Wynne Prakusya Japan/Indonesia 6-3, 6-2, Rika Hiraki/Lorna Woodroffe Japan/Great Britain bt Ju-Yeon Choi/Eun-Young Ha Korea

Quarter-final line-up: 1-Tathiana Garbin Italy vs Abigail Tordoff Great Britain, 3-Lucie Ahl Great Britain vs 5-Rika Hiraki Japan, 6-Nirupama Vaidyanathan India vs 4-Wynne Prakusya Indonesia, Ju-Yeon Choi Korea vs 2-Katalin Marosi Hungary