It was the second successive tense day for Anuja as she fought back to overpower Sridevi in best of three frames with a 69-44, 27-72, 55-41 verdict in group D.

Anuja was given a scare by Neelam Mittal yesterday before the fourth seed managed to emerge winner in tie-breaker.

Late last night, Anuja's elder sister Meenal Bairagi created a major upset when she defeated second seed Judith Walia of Karnataka in straight frames, winning 42-39, 43-39.

However, on Wednesday morning Judith managed to pip veteran Kamla C.Babu of Tamil Nadu 79-13, 49-58, 64-21.

Defending champion and top seed Heena Khandelwal (Maharashtra) trounced Karnataka's Bhanu K.Mendon 41-22,56-19 in group A. In other matches, in group E, Pooja Galundia of Rajasthan trounced Sonal Mamoonwala (Mah) 68-19, 69-11. Varsha Mazumdar (Mah) thrashed Uma Devi (Kar) 55-31, 65-11.

Results
Group A: Heena Khandelwal (Mah) bt Bhanumati K Mendon (Karnataka) 41-22, 56-19.
Group B: Judith Walia (Karnataka) bt Kala C Babu (TN) 79-13, 49-58, 64-21.
Group E: Pooja Galundia (Raj) bt Sonal Mamoonwala (mah) 68-19, 69-11; Varsha Mazumdar (Mah) bt Uma Devi (karnataka) 55-31, 65-11.
Group F: Neeta Sangvi (Mah) bt Cynthia Mukherjee (Bengal) 69-34, 64-5.
Group H: Renu Bharkatiya (MP) bt Sadhna Patel (Karnataka) 41-57, 48-30, 54-51; Jagruti Patel (Mah) bt Soumini Srinivas (TN) 75-1, 41-24; Jagruti Patel bt Sadhna Patel 27-13, 59-58.