KOLKATA: Top seeds in boys singles draw on Thursday entered the semifinals of the ongoing
DKS ITF Juniors 2017
at the
Dakshin Kalikata Sansad
courts, here.
Top seed in boys singles draw Hua Chen Yu of Chinese Taipei crushed the hopes of eighth seeded
Rishabh Sharda
7-5 6-2 in the quarterfinals.
Later, Kazakhstan's Dostanbek Tashbulatov, seeded second, blanked Parikshit Somani 6-4 6-0 in one hour and 44 minutes to make the last four round.
Only Indian in the semi-final of the boys singles,
Dhruv Sunish
, seeded third, and currently ranked third in India in boys under-18 category, took no time to get the better of
Megh Bhargav Patel
by registering a dominating 6-1 6-2 win.
In the girls singles, top seed
Axana Mareen
of Belgium ousted India's
Rhea Verma
6-1 6-4.
Qualifier Lasya Patnaik, on the other hand, stole the show by entering the semifinal with a 6-3 7-5 win over Shivani Manjanna.
Bengal's Yubrani Banerjee, a wild card entrant, went down fighting against third seeded Akansha Bhan by a close 4-6 7-5 3-6 margin in two hour and 10 minutes.
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