Chennai, March 25: Former National champion Vasudeva Reddy of Andhra Pradesh scalped top seed Vijay Kannan from Delhi 1-6 6-3 6-2 and unseeded Saurav Panja (WB) brushed aside fourth seeded Sandeep Kirtane (Mah) 6-4 5-7 6-3 to enter the semi-finals of Indian Oil Servo All-India invitation tennis championship at the Krishnan Tennis Centre here this evening.Reddy takes on Nitin Kirtane in the semi-finals, while defending champion Vinod Sridhar plays Saurav Panja.
In their quarter-final matches, Vinod Sridhar (seed two) scored over Vishal Uppal of Delhi 6-1 6-7 6-2 and Nitin Kirtane defeated statemate Rohan Bopanna 6-1 6-1.
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