TN in semis; Karnataka exit

Top-seeded Tamil Nadu stormed into the semifinals of the National inter-state men's tennis championship with a facile 3-0 victory over Andhra Pradesh at the DLTA complex here on Thursday.

Sri Ram Balaji decimated Surya Pavan 6-0, 6-0 before Vijay Sundar Prashanth sealed the
issue for Tamil Nadu with a dominating 6-1, 6-0 victory over Sai Saran Reddy.
Balaji and Rishabh Dev Raman then made it a clean sweep with an easy 6-2, 6-0 victory over Surya Pavan and Reddy.

In other lop-sided quarterfinal matches, Karnataka, seeded seventh, was handed a 3-0 drubbing by Uttar Pradesh.

Results: Tamil Nadu bt Andhra Pradesh 3-0; Maharashtra bt Nagaland 2-1; Haryana bt Gujarat, 3-0; Uttar Pradesh bt Karnataka 3-0.