Sania Mirza seems to have been `Bhambried' in the last two weeks. The younger Sanaa Bhambri nailed her in the previous tournament. The only consolation for Sania today was reaching the under-16 girls' semis, defeating Shereen Yusuf (Kar) 6-3, 6-2.

Top seed Chandrasekar Mohanty (Del) is yet to be tested as AR Anand Kumar (AP) fell apart 1-6, 0-6 in the under-16 boys' quarter-finals. In the other quarters, second seed Amanjot Singh (Chd) routed Arka Mandal (WB) 6-1, 6-1. Vinod K Sewa, third seed (WB), defeated Dhrub Kumar (WB) 6-4, 6-1. Sixth seed Rohan Gajjar (Mah) showed under-14 top seed Vikrant Sane isstill someway to go before he can match wits with them, drubbing him 6-2, 6-1.

For the second consecutive tournament, Isha Lakhani (Mah) reached the semi-finals of under-14 and 16 girls. Isha had it easy in the under-14 against Sharanya Pattabi (TN), winning 6-2, 7-5. She managed to put it across fourth seed Liza Periera (Mah) in a close match, prevailing 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3).

Top seed Megha Vakharia (Mah) and second seed Nandita Chandrasekar (TN) inched closer to a title showdown entering the semifinals of the under-16 girls. Megha downed Preethi Rao (TN) 6-4, 6-0 while Nandita overcame Ankita Bhambri 6-1, 7-6 (1).

The top three seeds in the under-14 boys, Vikrant Sane, R Arun Prakash (TN), V Vignesh advanced into the semifinals while fourth seed Chatwinder Singh (Chd) went down to Sujay Mahadevan (Mah) 5-7, 4-6.

Results

Boys Under-16 (QF): 1-CS Mohanty (Dli) bt AR Anand Kumar (AP) 6-1, 6-0; 2-Amanjot Singh (Chd) bt Arka Mandal (WB) 6-1, 6-1; 3-Vinod K Sewa (WB) bt Dhrub Kumar (WB) 6-4, 6-1;6-Rohan Gajjar (Mah) bt Vikrant Sane (Mah) 6-2, 6-1.

Under-16 (PQF): 1-CS Mohanty (Dli) bt Nikil S Murali (Dli) 6-0, 6-2; 5-AR Anand Kumar (AP) bt Karan Rastogi (Mah) 6-3, 7-5; Vikrant Sane (Mah) bt 4-Jaco T Mathew (TN) 1-6, 6-4, 6-2; 6-Rohan Gajjar (Mah) bt Avinash Reddy (TN) 6-2, 6-2; Dhrub Kumar (WB) bt PS Bhattacharya (Dli) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1; 3-Vinod K Sewa (WB) bt Gavyrl Fernandes (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; Arka Mandal (WB) bt V Vignesh (AP) 6-4, 6-0; 2-Amanjot Singh (Chd) bt K Arvind Prakash (TN) 6-3, 3-6, 6-1.

Under-14: 1-Vikrant Sane (Mah) bt Mayur S Patel (Kar) 6-0, 6-1; 2-Arun Prakash (TN) bt Karan Rastogi (Mah) 6-0, 6-0; 3-V Vignesh (AP) bt 6-Saurabh Kohli (Kar) 7-6 (3), 6-3; Sujay Mahadevan (Mah) bt 4-Chatwinder Singh (Chd) 7-5, 6-4.

Under-14 (PQF): Mayur S Patel (Kar) bt LL Divij Sharan (Dli) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2; 4-Chatwinder Singh (TN) bt VM Ranjeet (TN) 6-3, 6-2; Sujay Mahadevan (Mah) bt Krishna Tanne (Mah) 6-2, 6-2; 6-Saurabh Kohli (Kar) bt R Preetam Reddy (AP) 7-6 (2), 7-5; 1-VikrantSane (Mah) bt Som Dev Varman (TN) 6-3, 6-3; 3-V Vignesh (AP) bt Sujay V Reddy (Kar) 6-1, 7-6 (5); 7-Karan Rastogi (Mah) bt Surya Charan (AP) 6-3, 6-1; 2-Arun Prakash (TN) bt Tushar Liberhan (Chd) 6-4, 6-2.

Girls (under-14 quarter-finals): 5-Ankita Bhambri (Dli) bt 1-Sania Mirza (AP) 6-2, 6-4; 3-Lata Assudani (Mah) bt 6-Sandra Sasidharan (Ker) 7-6 (6), 6-0; 4-Sanaa Bhambri (Dli) bt Ronak Shah (Mah) 6-2, 6-3; 2-Isha Lakhani (Mah) bt 8-Sharanya Pattabi (TN) 6-2, 7-5.

Under-14: 1-Megha Vakharia (Mah) bt Preethi Rao (TN) 6-4, 6-0; 6-Isha Lakhani (Mah) bt 4-Liza Periera (Mah) 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (3); 7-Sania Mirza (AP) bt Shereen Yusuf (Kar) 6-3, 6-2; 2-Nandita C (TN) bt Ankita Bhambri (Dli) 6-1, 7-6 (1).