Carlos barges into Asian Under-14 meet semis

TEEN sensation Maria Carmencita Isabela Carlos secured a spot in the Tennis Championship Thailand Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.

Carlos romped into the Final Four following her 7-5, 6-2 win the tournament organized by the Asian Tennis Federation. girls’ singles being

unheralded Jannat Kaur Anand of India who shocked seventh pick Wing Yan Emily Chan of Hong Kong via a thrilling 4- 6,

Playing in the other semifinals are No. 4 Soo Ha Jang of South Korea and Chutnaree Boonklang of Thailand.

In doubles, Carlos and Chinese partner Zhang Yu Jie also - ing Anand and Japanese Erika

Carlos and Zhang will be battling Chinese duo Liu Pei Yi and Zi Ying Ruan, a 6-4, 6-2 winner over Pimmada Lim of Thailand and Yuri Sugiura of Japan.

Seeing action in the semis match are second other picks Soo and Chloe Chong Zhi King of Malaysia, and third seeds Misaki Ito of Japan and Sze Xuan Lim of Malaysia.

In boys’ doubles, Filipino Edgardo Manuel Angara and Malaysian Jared Jia- Sheng Leong automatically advanced to win against Malaysians Izmal Mohammed Farroukh and Izran Mohammed Farroukh.

They will be meeting top picks Baher Miro of Syria and Seika Nishima of Japan, who defeated Damian Craddock and Maximus