GURGAON: Palash Tiwari continued his giant-killing run as he outlasted the sixth-seeded Vishesh Bhatia 7-5, 7-5 to make it to the boys' semifinals in the Wilson-ITF Junior Circuit tennis tournament at the National Tennis Academy here on Thursday. In the semifinals, Tiwari, who defeated third-seeded Navinder Pal Sidhu in the first round, will meet Prajnesh Guneshwaran on Friday.

In the bottom half of the draw, second-seeded Akash Gujarathi will take on Vijayant Malik in the second semifinals.

Top seeded Vishakha Sheoron led the charge of the seeded players as she set up a semifinal match with Tanvi Shah. Kelsey Sundaram of the United States will meet Poojashree Venkatesh in the other semifinals.

The results: Quarterfinals:

Boys: Prajnesh Guneswaran bt Ronak Manuja 6-3, 6-1, Palash Tiwari bt Vishesh Bhatia 7-5, 7-5, Vijayant Malik bt Navneetha Kannan 6-2, 6-1, Akash Gujarathi bt Abhijeet Tiwari 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles: Semifinals: Manuja and Bhatia bt Allan Gomes and Vikram Reddy 6-4, 6-2, Kannan and Abhijeet Tiwari bt Prateek Bhambri and Rishi Rajpal 7-5, 6-1.

Girls: Vishikha Sheoron bt Sonia Dayal 6-2, 6-4, Tanvi Shah bt Yulia Samuseva (Rus) 7-6 (10/8), 2/6, 7-6 (7/4), Kelsey Sundaram (US) bt Jilke Nelford 6-0, 6-3, Poojashree Venkatesh bt Haruka Naito (Jpn) 6-3, 6-2.

Doubles: Semifinals: Poojashree and Kelsey bt Kesika Jayapalan and Nimisha Mohan 6-1, 6-2, Sonia and Galina Vishnikina (Kaz) bt Prerna Appineni and Archana Veeramachan 6-2, 7-5. — Principal Correspondent

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