Semi-finalists spotted

Feb 3: Top seed T Yamini of Tamil Nadu defeated seventh seed Sanaa Bhambri of Delhi 6-3 6-1 and moved into the last four of the Girls U-1...

Feb 3: Top seed T Yamini of Tamil Nadu defeated seventh seed Sanaa Bhambri of Delhi 6-3 6-1 and moved into the last four of the Girls U-16 event in the Sajeev K Nair Memorial AITA Ranking open junior championship here today.

Also moving into the semi-finals in the same category were Sasha Abraham of Andhra, Megha Vakharia (Maharashtra) and Nandita Chandrashekar (Tamil Nadu).

In the boy’s Under-16, top seed Anant Sitaram (AP) had an easy win over Chatwinder Singh of Chandigarh 6-2 6-2 for an entry into the last four. Other semi-finalists in the group are R Arun Prakash of Tamil Nadu, V Vignesh of Andhra and Pratim Parekh of Maharashtra.

Results (all quarters)

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Boys (Under-14): R Arun Prakash (TN) bt Vikram Aditya Menon (TN) 6-1 6-4; V Vignesh (AP) bt Sourabh Kohli (Mah) 6-2 6-3; R Vasudevan (TN) bt SN Amrit (Kar) 6-2 7-5; Chatwinder Singh (Chd) bt M Jayakar (TN) 6-3 6-1; (U-16): Anant Sitaram (AP) bt Chatwinder Singh (Chd) 6-2 6-2; V Vignesh (AP) bt Tejeswar PC (Kar) 6-4 6-4; Pratim Parekh (Mah) bt K Aravind Prakash 3-6 6-0 6-0l; R Arun Prakash (TN) bt Jaico T Mathew (TN) 1-6 6-2 7-6.

Girls (Under-14): Sasha Abraham (AP) bt Iciri Rai (Kar) 6-1 6-3; Sandra Sasidharan (Ker) bt Sanaa Bhambri (Del) 6-4 2-6 7-6; Sharanya Pattabi (TN) bt Krushmi Chedda (Mah) 7-6 6-1; Sania Mirza (AP) bt Ashel Dimi (TN) 7-5 6-3; (U-16): T Yamini (TN) bt Sanaa Bhambri (Del) 6-3 6-1; Sasha Abraham (AP) bt Sania Mirza (AP) 6-4 6-2; Megha Vakharia (Mah) bt Samrita Sekar (TN) 6-4 4-6 6-2; Nandita Chandrasekar (TN) bt Gayathri Ramesh (Ker) 6-2 6-1.