Eklavya Singh in action at Chachal tennis complex in Guwahati on Wednesday. Picture by UB Photos

Guwahati, July 27: Parikshit Somani of Assam outclassed Rashwant Ravi of Tamil Nadu 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the boys’ under-14 singles to enter the semi-finals of the OIL-AITA Super Series Tennis Championship at the All-Assam Tennis Association complex at Chachal here today.

Parikshit will now meet Sunil Jagtiani of Bengal in the round of four. Jagtiani defeated Aditya Lohia of Maharashtra 6-3, 6-2 in another quarter-final match today.

Earlier, in a pre-quarterfinal match, Parikshit had trounced Rian Pandole of Maharashtra 6-2, 6-1. Another Assam lad, Bijay Kumar Mohanty, made light work of Zhaputso Khate of Nagaland 6-1, 6-0 in the pre-quarters but state mate Sahidul Islam was drubbed 0-6, 0-6 by Maharashtra’s Dhruv Pal.

In the girls’ under-14 pre-quarters, top seed Yadlapalli Pranjala of Andhra Pradesh defeated Trisha Punamiya of Maharshtra 6-2, 6-3.

Boys’ under-16 quarters results: Fatehdeep Singh of Punjab beat Yuvraj Bains 6-0, 6-1; M. Sai Nikhil beat Vishu Prasad 6-2, 6-1; Richie Agarwal beat Vignesh Prabhu 6-4, 6-2; Jude Raymond beat Rohan Punj 6-2, 6-1.

Girls’ under-16 quarters: Vanishka Sawhney beat Renu Sharma 6-3, 6-3; Pranjala Yadlapalli beat A. Shameema 6-1, 6-4; Kamran Kour beat Jahnvi Gupta 7-5, 4-6, 6-4; Rashmitha Reddy beat Shambhavi Dixit 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.

Results of other pre-quarters (boys’ under-14): Sunil Jagtiani beat Vitsizolie Nagi 6-4, 6-2; Raswant Ravi beat Shree Krishna 6-2, 6-1; Vishu Prasad beat Karandeep Singh (Punjab) 6-1, 6-2; Eklavya Singh beat Avilash Mishra 6-4, 6-1; Aditya Gokhale beat Arjun Ramakrishnanan 7-6 (3), 6-3

Pre-quarters girls’ under-14 results: Vanishka Sawney of Delhi beat Lalita Devarakonda 6-1, 6-3; Karman Kaur beat Mihika Yadav 6-4, 6-1; Isha Budwal beat Sathwika Sama 6-1, 6-0.