Wild card entrant Ashwin Vijayragavan came from behind to stun top seed and India No 12 Vijay Sundar Prashanth to advance to the semi-final of the National Grass Court Tennis Championship at South Club here today.
Vijayragavan will face third seed Vishnu Vardhan who got the better of Suraj Prabodh with a straight 6-3, 6-4 victory.
Prashanth broke the serve and led 2-1 before winning the first set 6-4.
In the second, Prashanth was 2-0 up with an early break but from there, Vijayragavan came back and stretched the match to the tie-breaker.
Vijayragavan pulled off the tie-breaker 7-4 to take the match into the deciding third set which was a one-sided affair as he took a 4-1 lead and held his serve to seal the issue 6-3.
In the women's singles, unseeded Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy continued her fine run as she breezed past eighth seed Nithyaraj Baburaj of Tamil Nadu with a convincing 6-1, 6-0 victory.
Vaishnavi will face Rushmi Chakravarthi against whom she lost the final two years ago.
Rushmi beat fourth seeded Sharmada Balu from Karnataka in a marathon two-hour-55-minute battle.
Results (QFs)
Men's singles: Ashwin Vijayragavan (AP) bt Vijay Sundar Prashanth (TN)(1) 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-3; Vishnu Vardhan (TN)(3) bt Suraj Prabodh (KAR) 6-3, 6-4; Chandril Sood (UP)(4) bt Rupesh Roy 7-5,4-6,6-3; Jayaprakash Mohit Mayur (TN)(2) bt Nitten Kirrtane (MAH)(6) 6-2, 6-3.
Women's singles: Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (AP) bt Nithyaraj Baburaj (TN) 6-1, 6-0; Rushmi Chakravarthi (TN)(7) bt Sharmada Balu (KAR)(4) 2-6, 7-6(2), 7-5; Bhuvana Kalva (AP)(5) bt Nidhi Chilumula (AP)(3) 6-3, 6-7(8), 6-4; Natasha Palha (GOA)(2) bt C Sai Samitha (TN)(6) 6-3, 6-0.
