Top two seeds, Kunal Anand of Delhi and veteran Nitin Kirrtane of Maharashtra, took their appointed places in the singles semi-finals of the MSLTA-IOC Khar Gymkhana All India ranking men's tennis tournament today.
While no. 1 seed Anand overcame Rohan Bhatia of Maharashtra in straight sets, Pune-based no. 2 ranked Kirrtane was leading unseeded city rival Tejas Chaukulkar 3-0 in the second set after having catpured the first when the latter conceded the match.
In the semi-finals, Anand will clash with Telangana player Abdullah Shaikh who got a walkover from Madhya Pradesh's Bhavesh Gour, while Kirrtane will face Delhi's Jatin Dahiya.
Dahiya overcame Chandril Sood of Uttar Pradesh in three sets to book his place in the last four of the Rs 3.5- lakh prize money tournament.
Results: Kunal Anand (Del) bt Rohan Bhatia (Mah) 6-2 6-1; Nitin Kirrtane (Mah) bt Tejas Chaukulkar (Mah) 6-2 3-0 (conc.); Abdullah Shaikh (Tel) w/o Bhavesh Gour (MP); Jatin Dahiya (Del) bt Chandril Sood (UP) 6-3 2-6 6-4.
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Doubles (Quarter-finals): Kunal Anand/Aaditya Tewari bt Armaan Bhatia/Sauruv Suhul 6-4, 6-3; Bhavesh Gour/Anvit Bendre bt Hardeep Singh Sandhu/Kunal Vazirani 3-6, 6-4, 10-8; Dhruv Sunish/Paramveer Singh bt Yash Yadav/Rithvik Anand 6-4, 6-4; Sai Saran Reddy Byreddy/S.D. Prajwal Reddy w/o Chandril/ Lakshit Sood.
