Kashyap in semis

While Kashyap wasted little time in swatting aside the challenge of Poorva S Kumar 6-1, 6-1, Savio just lost one extra game in rolling over A Abhijith A 6-1, 6-2 at the Mahila Seva Samaja Tennis Club courts.

Both Kashyap and Savio will face unseeded players in the semifinals. Kashyap takes on Gautham R Kumar, who defeated S Ganesh 6-2, 6-3, while Savio will lock horns against in-form Nishangan N, the Sri Lankan accounting for sixth-seeded Arjun Muralidhar 6-1, 6-3.

Nishangan, who shocked top seed S Karthick in the under-14 pre-quarterfinal clash on Tuesday, had more reasons to cheer after sailing into the semifinals with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Abhijit A.

Quarterfinal results (prefix number denotes seeding, Karnataka unless mentioned):
Boys: U-16: S-1 Kashyap A bt Poorva S Kumar 6-1, 6-1; Gautham R Kumar bt S Ganesh (TN) 6-2, 6-3; Nishangan N (SL) bt S-6 Arjun Muralidhar 6-1, 6-3; S-2 Anthony Savio bt A Abhijith 6-1, 6-2.

U-14: Nishangan N (SL) bt Abhijit A 6-1, 6-2; S-4 Harsh Lakhani bt S-5 Surya P 6-1, 7-5; S-3 S Ganesh (TN) bt Pranash (TN) 6-1, 7-5; Chehan F (SL) bt Andrew K Jose 6-4, 6-2.

Girls: U-16: S-1 Tanya Singh bt N Ramya (TN) 6-2, 7-5; S-3 Ann Christine bt Abhilasha V 6-1, 6-0; S-6 S-6 Shikha N Singh bt S-4 Nupur Uma Shankar 6-4, 3-6, 6-4; Shankari T (SL) bt S-2 SP Ritu 6-2, 6-1.

U-14: S-1 Nupur Uma Shankar bt S-7 Swetha S 6-7 (4-7), 6-3, 6-1; N Ramya (TN) bt Abhilasha V 6-1, 6-1; Rashmika Rajan bt Aditi Dilip 6-0, 6-1; S-2 Shikha N Singh bt S-6 Soha S 6-2, 7-6 (7-5).