Tembe, Xavier in semis

N Mukundan and V Kamalakannan kept Tamil Nadu8217;s hopes alive with contrasting victories. Third seed Aloke Bhide could not do any justification to his seeding as Mukundan won 6-3, 6-2. Mukundan runs into Kamalakannan, who oust Ravikiran Bhat Karnataka 3-6, 6-3, 6-3, in the semi-finals.

Tulpule through: Second seed Radhika Tulpule Maharashtra, aiming for her first National junior crown, moved into the girls semifinals, beating T Yamini TN 6-2, 6-3.

Harsimran Kaur of Chandigarh weathered Nandita Chandrasekar TN before storming into the semifinals, winning 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. She will battled it out with Sandhya Kanury TN for a place in the final. Kanury defeated Shereen Yusuf 6-0, 7-5.

Elsewhere, Khushchehr Italia of USA got the better of fifth seed Geeta Manohar AP 6-4, 6-2. She will face Tulpule in the other semifinals.

Results

Boys quarter-finals: 1-Kedar Tembe Mah bt Vel Murugan TN 7-6 4, 6-4; 6-N Mukundan TN bt 3-Aloke Bhide 6-3, 6-2; V Kamalakannan TN bt Ravi Kiran Bhat Kar 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; Benjamin Xavier Mah bt Vimal Keerthi TN 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles semi-finals: 3-Ravi Kiran Bhat/Nirmit Shetty Kar bt 1-Kedar Tembe/Aloke Bhide Mah 6-1, 6-3; 2-Kedar Shah Mah/Sunil Kumar Chd bt 4-N Mukundan/Mithun Murali TN 6-3, 2-6, 6-1.

Girls singles quarter-finals: 2-Radhika Tulpule Mah bt T Yamini TN 6-2, 6-3; 7-Sandhya Kanury TN bt Shereen Yusuf Kar 6-0, 7-5; Khushchehr Italia USA bt 5-Geeta Manohar AP 6-4, 6-2; Harsimran Kaur Chd bt Nandita Chandrasekar TN 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles semifinals: 1-Radhika Mandke/Radhika Tulpule Mah bt 4-Harsimran Kaur Chd/Geeta Manohar AP 6-2, 6-1; Sandhya Kanury/Samrita Sekar TN bt 2-Gautam Sheetal Kar/Sai Rajalakshmi TN 6-3, 0-2 conceded.