Karnataka’s N. Harshini was on the verge of defeating Tamil Nadu’s Harithasree Venkatesh 3-6, 7-6(0), 6-0 in the girls’ quarterfinals of the Ramesh Desai Memorial National Under-16 Tennis Championships on Thursday.
Title aspirant Asmi Adkar faced stiff resistance by defeating Mamaya Rajeshwaran 7-6(5), 6-4.
In the boys section, Krish Tyagi, Rethin Pranav, Tanush Ghildayal and Tejas Ahuja made it to the semi-finals.
Result (Quarter Final):
boysKrish Tyagi bt Venkat Batlanki 6-2, 6-2; Rethin Pranav bt Debasis Sahoo 6-3, 6-1; Tanush Ghildayal bt Aaradhya Kshitij 6-2, 4-6, 6-3; Tejas Ahuja defeated Arjun Rathi 6-3, 6-3.
Girls: Aishwarya Jadhav bt Manognya Madasu 6-2, 6-1; Aakriti Sonkusare bt Mr. Tanvi Dasari 6-3, 6-2; Asmi Adkar bt Maya Rajeshwaran 7-6(5), 6-4; N. Harshini bt Harithashree Venkatesh 3-6, 7-6(0), 6-0.