Bangalore: Karnataka lads, top seeded C.Vasisht and eight seed Vignesh Subramanya stormed into the semifinals while S. Soha kept the hosts’ flag flying with a three-set victory which propelled her into the last four of the KTPPA-AITA National Series Under-16 tennis championships at the KSLTA Stadium, here on Thursday.
Top seed Vasisht was stretched by a plucky Yugal Bansal of Haryana in the first set before the Bengalurean struck rhythm to win 7-5, 6-2.
Vignesh, on the other hand, packed too many guns for Shramay Dhawan of Delhi, sailing past his opponent for the loss of just three in his quarter-final win.
In the semi, Vasisht will face P.C. Anirudh while Vignesh takes on Mayuk Rawat.
In the girls section, Soha edged out state-mate Nikita Pinto at 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 while Shivani Manjanna went down 4-6, 1-6 to Rishika Ravi of Tamil Nadu.
Soha now meets top seed R. Abinikka of TN while Sarah Dev meets Rishika.
Results (Q/fs):
Boys: C.Vasisht (Kar) bt Yugal Bansal (Har) 7-5, 6-2; Vignesh Subramanya (Kar) bt Shramya Dhawan (Del) 6-2, 6-1; Mayuk Rawat (Utk) bt Sumitpal Singh (J & K) 6-2, 6-2;
P.C.Anirudh (AP) bt Ishaque Eqbal (WB) 6-2, 6-2.
Girls: R.Abinikka (TN) bt Lathika Premkumar (TN) 6-0, 6-1; S.Soha (Kar) bt Nikita Pinto (Kar) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2; Rishika Ravi (TN) bt Shivani Manjanna (Kar) 6-4, 6-1; Sarah Dev (Pnb) bt
Humera Shaikh (AP) (AP) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles (S/fs):
Boys: Akash N /Anshuman G. bt Dhruv Sunish/ Ishaque Eqbal 4-6, 6-4, 10-6-super tie-break; Y Bansal /Utkarsh Bharadwaj bt C.Vasisht/ S. Vignesh 6-4 , 7-5.
