Seeded men's players continue to tumble at the National Tennis Championship with Delhi lad Kunal Anand packing third seed VM Ranjeet in the quarterfinals of the Fenesta Open, here today.
The 24-year-old Anand erased a one-set deficit to knock the former champion 5-7 6-4 6-2 wins in humid conditions at DLTA Complex.
He now runs into top seed and favourite Vishnu Vardhan, who dumped Dalwinder Singh 6-2 6-4.
Haadin Bava also entered the men's singles semi-finals by defeating Jayesh Pungaliya 7-5, 6-2. Haadin next faces Siddharth Vishwkarma, who ended the impressive run of Tejas Chaukulkar 7-5 6-4.
In the women's matches, top seed Riya Bhatia fought her way past Nidhi Chilumula 6-7 (7) 6-3 6-2.
Eetee Maheta had to dig deep into her reserves to beat Mihika Yadav 6-7 (5), 6-4 7-5 while Pranjalla Yadlapalli and Sharrmadaa Balu also made it to the semi-finals in contrasting styles.
In under-18 boys event, D Suresh toppled BR Nikshep 6-2 6-3 while second seed Dhruv Sunish and Nitin Sinha stayed on course.
In the girls Under 18, second seed Humera Shaikh batlled past Yamalapalli Sahaj 7-6 4-6 7-5.
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