JOIN USTop seed Vinod Cheruku of Karnataka comfortably saw off the challenge of S Manish 6-1, 6-3 to advance into the semifinals of the boys’ under-18 category MP Prakash memorial AITA championship series tennis tournament at the KSLTA courts here on Wednesday.
Vinod’s State-mate, Rishi Reddy, also prgressed to the last-four stage with a come-from-behind 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 win over SM Adithya . Third-seed Mayukh Rawat had an easier outing as he dumped Hari Singh 6-4, 6-1 to ease into the semis.
Results (all quarterfinals): Boys (under-18): Singles: Vinod Cheruku bt S Manish 6-1, 6-3; Raghav Jaisinghani bt Krishna Teja 7-6 (7-3), 6-0; Mayukh Rawat bt Hari Singh 6-4, 6-1; Rishi Reddy bt SM Adithya 4-6, 6-3, 6-0.
Under-16: Raghav Singhania bt Siddarth Gowda 6-1, 6-2; Sai Pranav Ponaka bt Pralok Ikkruthy 6-1, 6-3; Pranash Babu bt Varun Venkat 6-1, 6-0 ; N Manaz bt Siddarth Thakan 6-4, 6-2.
Girls (under-18): Mahak Jain bt Rashmika Rajan 6-1, 0-6, 6-3; Sai Dedeepya bt SB Apoorva 7-5, 6-3; Harsha Challa bt Diana Abi 6-1, 6-1; Nikita Pinto bt Shikha Singh 6-1, 6-2.
(Under-16): Rashmika Rajan bt SB Apoorva 6-3, 6-0; Shivani Amineni bt Nikita Pinto 7-6 (7-2), 6-2; Rashmika Shrivalli bt Prathibha Narayan 7-5, 3-6, 6-3; Shivani Manjanna bt Priya Nayak 6-1, 6-4.