Neeraj Elangovan, Kaza Vinayak Sharma in semis

Neeraj Elangovan advanced to the men's singles semifinal of the Sumanth & Co AITA ranking tennis tournament at MPTA@KTC here on Wednesday when top seed Nikki Poonacha conceded the quarter-final match after winning the opening set.

Joining Elangovan in the last four are Gokul Suresh, Kavin Masilamani and Kaza Vinayak Sharma.

The women's event saw Ramya, Kavya, Tejasvi and Aarthi Muniyan reaching the semi-finals.

Results - Quarter-finals: Men's singles: Neeraj Elangovan beat Nikki Poonacha (X1) 6-7(4) conceded; Gokul Suresh beat Arjun Mahadev 7-5, 6-1; Kavin Masilamani beat Lohith Aksha 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Kaza Vinayak Sharma beat Deepak Senthil Kumar 6-3, 6-0.

Women's singles: Ramya beat Avishka Gupta 3-6, 6-1, 6-3; Kavya beat Kundana Sri 6-3, 6-5 conceded; Tejasvi beat Smriti Bhasin 6-4, 6-0; Aarthi Muniyan beat Nithyaraj 6-2, 6-2.

Men's doubles: Preeth Kumar & Krishna Teja Raja beat C Ashwin & Ajay Khanan 6-2, 6-3; Kaza Vinayak Sharma & Neeraj Elangovan beat Karthik K K & Ravishankar 6-1, 6-2;