Rushmi struggles

Srinath now takes on top seed Vasudeva Reddy of Andhra Pradesh, who scrapped unseeded Amod Wakalkar of Maharashtra in a 55 minutes 6-3, 6-0. While, third seed and current National grass court Calcutta champion Nitin Kirtane stopped unseeded K S Shivshankar of Karnataka 6-1, 6-3. Nitin will now play K V Ganesh in the other semi-final tomorrow.

In the women8217;s section, second seed Arati Ponnappa, the present National grass and hard court champion will take on the challenge of K Janaki, winner of the Mumbai hard court and Gujarat State meets in the semis. Arati defeated fifth seed V Arathi of Karnataka 6-3, 6-2, while K Janaki Maharashtra disposed off seventh seed Joy Rodriques 6-2, 6-1 in today8217;s quarter-finals.

Results

Men8217;s Singles qfs: P Srinath Kar bt Ajay Ramaswami Mah 6-2, 6-4; Nitin Kirtane Mah bt K S Shivshankar Kar Kar 6-1, 6-3; Vasudeva Reddy AP bt Amod Wakalkar Mah 6-3, 6-0; K V Ganesh TN bt Shailesh Dhoble Mah 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Results: Women8217;s Singles qfs: Rushmi Chakravarthi TN bt Aparna Srinivasan Mah 3-6, 6-3, 6-4; K Janaki Mah bt Joy Rodriques Mah 6-2, 6-1; V Archana Kar bt Jutika Choksi Mah 6-3, 6-2; Arati Ponnappa TN bt V Arathi Kar 6-3, 6-3.

Women8217;s Doubles sfs: A Ponnappa-R Chakravarthy bt R Shethi-M Abraham 6-2, 6-3; V Archana-V Arathi bt K Janaki-N Deviah 6-4, 6-1.