Myneni knocks out Mayur to enter last-four stage

Saketh Myneni and Ankita Raina continued their good run, entering the semifinals of the singles events in the Indian Jute National grass court tennis championships here on Thursday.

In the day’s opening match at the centre court, men’s top seed Myneni secured his position in the semis overcoming a tough challenge by seventh seeded Mohit Mayur Jaya­prakash of Tamil Nadu 7-5, 6-4.

In the women’s singles quarters, top seed Ankita of Gujarat beat qualifier Sansitha Nandkumar 6-1, 6-0 while Rushmi Chakarvarthi overcame Treta Bhattacharya 7-5, 6-4.

Results: Men’s singles, quarterfinals: Saketh Myneni (AP) bt Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash (TN) 7-5, 6-4; Nitten Kirrtane (Mah) bt Vijay Kannan (TN) 6-2, 6-1; Vignesh Pernamallur (AP) bt Saurav Sukul (WB) 6-4, 6-2; Suresh Krishna (AP) bt Shahbaaz Khan (Mah) 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles, semifinals: Christopher Marquis (Mah)/ Rupesh Roy (WB) bt Saketh Myneni (AP)/ Vijay Kannan (TN) 6-3, 7-5; Mohit Mayur J (TN)/ Mohammad Fariz (TN) bt Arjun Khade/ Niten Kirrtane (Mah) 6-4, 5-7, 10-8.

Women’s singles, quarterfinals: Amrita Mukherjee (WB) bt Vanya Dangwal (Del) 6-4, 6-4; Rushmi Chakravarthi (TN) bt Treta Bhattacharya (WB) 7-5, 6-2; Sai Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (AP) bt Nupur Kaul (Del) 6-2, 6-0; Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Sansitha Nandkumar (TN) 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles, semifinals: Rushmi Chakr­avarthi (TN)/ Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Smriti Joon (Har)/ Vaniya Dangwal (Del) 6-1, 6-3; Saadgi Rajni (Guj)/ Eetee Mehta (Guj) bt Amrita Mukherjee (WB)/ Sansitha Nandkumar (TN) 6-4, 6-4.