Seth, Dalal book tickets to semis

In the semi-finals, Seth will take on Jindal8217;s Navin Jangra, seeded fourth, who dropped a game to Kaviraj Bhandare before winning 5-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-7, while Dalal will meet third seed Ishaan Balwani, who blanked Aditya Bhandari 9-0, 9-0, 9-0.

The first round of the open event saw the exit of seventh seed Junaid Nathani, who put up a listless display to lose in four games to Lt. Commander Sandeep Mehta. Nathani, seemed to have the measure of his opponent as he cruised through the first game 9-6, but from there it was all downhill for the talented teenager, suffering lapses of concentration.

Mehta kept hitting the ball deep and Nathani kept committing the mistakes. Natahni lost the next two at 1-9 and 3-9 but the shocker was in the fourth game, where Nathani after opening up a 8-2 lead, lost eight points in a row to lose the game at 8-10 and with it the match.

Another good match was between Cyrus Poncha and Waman Apte, which the former won in four games. Though both players were not the best of movers on court, their skills were worth watching, and provided vital tips to the youngsters.

Apte, with an injured knee still managed to win the first game, before losing the next three in a close encounter at 6-9, 10-8, 9-5, 10-8.

Following were the results: Boys Under-11 Q/F: Vir Seth beat Prashanth Kumar Chennai 9-3, 9-6, 9-2; Naveen Jangra beat Kaviraj Bhandari 5-9, 9-6, 9-4, 9-7; Ishaan Balwani beat Aditya Bhandari 9-0, 9-0, 9-0; Jay Dalal No 2 seed beat Anup Sharma 9-6, 9-7, 7-9, 6-9, 9-5. Boys Under-13 Pre-quarters: Sandeep Jangra beat Laxman Joshi 9-0, 9-5, 9-1; Joran Diwan beat Huzefa Khorakiwala 4-9, 9-1, 9-0, 9-4; Nikhil Seth beat Vikram Kalani 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Jay Bhagat beat Sandeep Rathode 9-0, 9-0, 9-5; Nitin Chauhan beat Vikram Semwal 9-1, 9-5, 9-1; Vikram Malhotra beat Vir Seth 9-2, 9-6, 9-1; Manek Mathur beat Udaychand Rai 9-0, 9-2 ,9-1. Boys Under-15 Pre-quarters: Saurav Ghosal beat Varun Bhagat 9-4, 9-0, 9-2; Gautam Kalani beat Karan Shah 9-1, 9-0, 9-2; Sadiq Madraswala beat Aditya Shastri 9-0, 9-1 ,9-2; Aditya Manjrekar beat Manek Mathur 9-3, 9-5, 8-10, 9-6; Arun Sharma beat Ambuj Sinha 9-1, 9-5, 9-2; Hrishikesh Pendse beat Laxman Joshi 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Ritesh Sharma beat Rohan Dalal9-1, 9-3, 9-0. Boys Under-17 Pre-quarters:rav Nandrajog Delhi beat Dhurv Dhawan 9-2, 9-3, 9-5; Mihir Sheth beat Chirag Galundia 9-2, 9-3, 9-5; Sahil Vora beat Vaibhav Gupta 9-0, 9-2, 9-5; Saurav Ghosal Cal beat Bipin Batra 9-2, 9-7, 9-1; Jagbir Singh Julka Hyderabad beat Ritesh Sharma 9-5, 10-8, 3-9, 9-8; Rushabh Vora beat Gautam Kalani 9-6, 9-0, 9-1. Boys Under-19 Pre-quarters: Vishal Kapoor beat Mihir Sheth 9-6, 9-3, 9-5; Neerav Tomar Delhi beat Vaibhav Gupta 9-1, 9-2, 10-8; Abhimanyu Jain Delhi beat Aravind Singh 9-3, 9-5, 9-1; Gaurav Nandrajog Delhi beat Anurag Gill 9-4, 9-2, 9-3; Supreet Singh beat Aditya Manjrekar 9-4, 9-4, 9-3; Varun Kataruka Delhi beat Shakti Singh 9-2, 9-2, 9-5; Junaid Nathani beat Digvijay Ahlawat Indore 9-4, 9-3, 9-7. Girls Under-15 Pre-quarters: Alisha Mashruwala beat Nikita Emanuel 9-0, 9-3, 9-1; Shweta Singh beat Riva Mishra 9-4, 9-4, 9-5; Shahnaz Dastur beat Madhura Paranjpe 9-3, 9-6, 9-7; Shailee Shelke beat Shivangi Paranjpe 9-1,9-2, 9-3; Shivangi Lolayekar beat Esther Pawar 9-1, 9-0, 9-1; Natasha Lall beat Shahida Salim 9-0, 9-4, 9-4. Women8217;s: Kanika Premnarayan beat Shaila Pandole 9-1, 9-5, 10-8; Rhea Bhandare beat Sargam Tatwawadi 9-0, 9-0, 9-1; Deepika Chandratreya beat Nusrat Madraswala 9-5, 9-5, 9-; Joshna Chinappa Chennai beat Rashna Patnaik 9-4, 9-0, 9-6; Anaheeta Dhalla beat Sapna Jalan 9-1, 9-2, 6-9, 9-1. Open 1st Round: Manish Chotrani beat Kanishk Rajan 9-0, 9-0, 9-0;Varun Kataruka Delhi beat Sanjiv Sood 9-1, 9-2, 9-0; Santosh More beat Chetan Desai 9-3, 9-4, 9-3; Cyrus Poncha beat Waman Apte 6-9, 10-8, 9-5, 10-8; Capt. A Chonkar beat Capt. Tarun Nauni Pune 9-4, 9-2, 4-9, 9-1; Capt. S. Bisht beat Niraj Shirgaokar 9-4, 9-3, 9-3; Amitpal Kohli beat Suvir Khullar 9-0, 9-2, 9-2; Capt. Anuj Kalia beat Anil Vaidya 9-0, 9-2, 9-0; Mahesh Verma beat Lt.Col.Agnihotri 9-2, 9-2, 9-4; Lt. Commander Sandeep Mehta beat Junaid Nathani 6-9, 9-1, 9-3,10-8; Abhimanyu Jain De;hi beat Rohit Thawani 9-7,9-5,9-5; VishalKapoor bt Vijay Rawat Shimla 6-9, 9-5, 10-8, 9-6; Capt Navneet Narain bt Lt Shekatkar 9-1, 9-5, 9-1. Professionals Pre-quarters: Dalip Tripathi beat Dashrat Tambe 9-1, 9-1, 9-2; Ramesh More beat Anil Mohite 9-1, 9-0, 9-0; Anant More beat Balwant Singh 9-5, 9-4, 9-3; C S Pawar beat Rohit More 9-3, 9-7, 9-2; Santosh More beat Rajesh Sonawane 9-5, 10-8, 9-4; Vijay Sonawane beat Sunil Verma 9-5, 9-4, 9-4; Mahesh Verma beat P Kanvinkar 9-0, 9-1, 9-0.