Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, April 2 Second seed Zeel Desai, wildcard Madhurima Sawant, and unseeded Jennifer Luikham qualified for the quarterfinals of the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Open Endurance tournament here on Thursday.
Madhurima defeated Yashaswini Panwar 6-3, 7-6 (1) in a closely contested match between the wildcard entrants, while Jennifer recorded a convincing 6-1, 6-2 victory over Sonal Patil.
Zeel, for her part, defeated Amodini Naik 6-2, 6-0.
Top seed Zhibek Kulambayeva of Kazakhstan registered a commanding 6-4, 6-0 win over India's Saumya Ronde to advance to the quarterfinals.
Sixth seed Ksenia Laskutova also progressed after defeating Harshini N Nagaraj 6-1, 7-5, while fourth seed Elina Nepliy defeated Uzbekistan's Sevil Yuldasheva 6-1, 6-2.
Denmark's seventh seed Elena Jamshidi had to work hard against Sandeepti Singh Rao, winning 6-4, 7-5.
Bosnia and Herzegovina's Tea Kovacevic beat Russia's Ekaterina Yashina 6-3, 6-0, securing her spot in the final eight.
In the doubles, top seeds Zhibek Kulambayeva and Ekaterina Yashina advanced to the next round.
Third seeds Anastasiya Kuparev (Germany) and Sevil Yuldasheva (Uzbekistan) also progressed, along with the Indian duo of Saumya Ronde and Chevika Reddy Sama, who defeated Yashaswini Panwar and Saumya Vig 6-4, 6-4.
Second seeds Soha Sadiq and Madhurima beat Diva Bhatia and Jennifer 6-4, 6-0.