Nagaraj was joined in the semifinals by top-seeded RE Sudarshan Rao, V Shankar and VT Ranganath.

In the plus-55 category, all the three Karnataka players in the fray fell by the wayside. While While CB Ramachandra fell 3-6, 1-6 to S Settu of Tamil Nadu, MV Sathyamohan and Pushparaj lost to RI Singh and A Chhatwal of Delhi respectively.

Results (all quarterfinals):

Plus-45: RE Sudarshan Rao (AP) bt RN Ramesh (Kar) 6-2, 6-1; R Nagaraj (Kar) bt Joji Reddy (AP) 6-0, 6-0; V Shankar (Del) bt M Suresh (AP) 6-2, 6-2; VT Ranganath (Kar) bt Yogesh Shah (Guj) 7-5, 7-6 (9-7).

Doubles: V Srinivas Reddy (AP)/ V Shankar (Del) bt M Suresh/ A Vasanth Kishore (AP) 6-4, 6-2; VT Ranganath/ Rajashekar (Kar) bt V Joji Reddy (AP)/ Ramesh (Kar) 6-4, 6-4; R Sudarshan Rao/ T Koteshwar Rao (AP) bt PV Mahesh/ S Basappa (Kar0 6-2, 6-3; RV Ramaraju (AP)/ R Nagaraj (Kar) bt Paul Manohar (AP)/ Yogesh Shah (Guj) 7-5, 6-3.

Plus-55: S Settu (TN) bt CB Ramachandra (Kar) 6-3, 6-1; RI Singh (Del) bt MV Sathyamohan (Kar) 6-2, 6-1; AR Rao (AP) bt Radhakrishna Murthy (AP) 5-7, 6-3. 7-6 (7-3); A Chhatwal (Del) bt Pushparaj (Kar) 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles: A Ram Babu (AP)/ S Settu (TN) bt MS Prakash/ Abdul Azeez (AP) 6-3, 7-5; Sathyamohan/ Bhojaraj (Kar) bt Ram Mohan Rao/ ASN Raju (AP) 6-1, 6-1; RI Singh/ A Chhatwal (Del) bt S Joseph Kumar/ A Bhaskar Reddy (AP) 6-2, 6-4; Radhakrishna Murthy (AP)/ Pushparaj (Kar) bt CS Rajan (Kar)/ C Gangatharan (Del) 6-3, 6-4.

Plus-65: S Parekh (Mah) bt S narasimha Rao (AP) 6-0, 6-0; VR Kulkarni (Kar) bt Keshava Perumal (TN) 6-3, 6-3; M Krishna Swamy (Kar) bt Budhi Raju (AP) 6-2, 6-3; A Nagaraja Rao (Kar) bt TN Lakshmanan (TN) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.