A player in action at Chachal in Guwahati on Wednesday. Picture by UB Photos

Guwahati, July 25: Assam boy Bijoy Kumar Mohanty today stormed into the under-14 boys’ singles semi-finals in the OIL-AITA Super Series Tennis Championship at the All Assam Tennis Association complex here.

Mohanty defeated Sumit Pal Singh of Jammu and Kashmir 6-3, 6-0 in the quarter-finals today. Nitin Sinha of West Bengal and Paramveer Singh Bajwa of Chandigarh also booked semi-final berths. Sinha defeated Sikkim boy Sidharth Basnetand Bajwa beat P.V. Ghana Bhaskar of Andhra Pradesh

There was also an upset in the under-16 age group as unseeded Bhaskar shocked fourth seed B.R. Nikshep of Karnataka in the pre-quarterfinals. The under-16 girls’ courts witnessed three upsets including seventh seed Kanishka Chawla of Maharashtra defeating second seed Rashmita Pasula of Andhra Pradeshin the quarter-finals.

In the pre-quarters, wild card entry Eeshita Pandey of Uttar Pradesh shocked third seed Sruta K. Gunaganti of Andhra Pradesh and unseeded Shivani Ingle of Maharashtra upset eighth seed Assam girl Priyana Kalita.

Gunaganti, who is seeded top in under-14 girls’ singles, however, booked a semi-finals berth beating Rashmika Rajan of Karnataka 6-0, 6-3. She is joined by fourth seed Haryana girl Jeniffer Luikham and third seed Mihika Yadav of Maharashtra.