Ghouse meets Kirtane in semis

The women8217;s event saw an upset too when seventh seed Janaki Krishnamoorthy of Maharashtra beat fourth seed Rushmi Chakravarty of Tamil Nadu 6-4, 6-3 in the quarter-finals. The top three seeds, Sai Jayalakshmi, Manisha Malhotra and Archana Venkatraman joined Krishnamoorthy in the semi-finals. Manisha was the only women8217;s winner tostruggle today. She was stretched to three sets by Gujarat8217;s Karishma Patel, who had been seeded sixth in the tournament. Karishma won the first set 6-3 before the hard-hitting Manisha blanked her 6-0. Already having found her bearings, Maanisha then served well to win the decider 6-2.

In a match between siblings, third seed Archana Venkatraman beat her fifth seeded sister Arathi 6-0, 6-1. Archana was winner from the very first point and Arathi knew that. Both played a relaxed game today. Archana will now meet Jayalakshmi while Janaki will face Manisha for a place in the final.