Tarun enters semi finals

Telangana's Tarun Anirudh shocked sixth seed Bharat Kumaran of Tamil Nadu on his way to the semifinals of the Rs 1-lakh prize money AITA men's singles championship, here on Thursday.

Tarun had to dig deep to win over his fancied opponent where both the sets were decided by tie-breaks at the PBI-CSE Tennis Academy, Padukone-Dravid Centre for Sports Excellence.

Both the top seeds in the boys and girls bit the dust in the TS 7 tournament hosted by Fortune Sports Academy. While Sriniketh Kannan lost to Sehej Singh in the Boys U14 section, Vanya Srivastav was beaten by Sushmita Ravi in the Girls U-14 category.

Results

Men (Singles; Qfs): R Reddy (1) (KAR) bt K Masilimani (7) (TN) 7-6, (9) 2-0 (Retd); T Anirudh (TS) bt B Kumaran (6) (TN) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5); M Kamath (GUJ) bt M Jain (KAR) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3; N Ballekere (KAR) bt Manish G (KAR) 7-5, 7-6 (5); Doubles (Sfs): N Rebello (MP)/ Y Yadav (MP) bt T Oges (TN) / J M Mayur (TN) 6-4, 1-6 (11-9)