Wild card Bela Tamhankar enters quarterfinals of Asian Ranking Women's Tennis C'ships

In the Asian Ranking Women's Tennis Championships being held in Pune, local wild card Bela Tamhankar outplayed Arthi Muniyan today in straight sets to enter the quarterfinals.  Bela, a junior, won 6-4, 6-3. She had also shocked second-seeded Srinidhi Sridhar 6-1, 6-3 yesterday. Top-seeded Sai Samhitha Chamarthi, Riya Uboveja, Nidhi Chilumula, Vanshita Pathaniya, Soha Sadiq, Prathiba Narayan Prasad and Vaidehi Chaudhari were the other players to make it to the last eight stage.