Ingale, Vardhan storm into semis of Kochi's national ranking tennis tourney

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Top seeds Vishnu Vardhan and Pooja Ingale advanced to the semifinals of the Naushad Mather Memorial National Ranking Tennis Tournament in Kochi on Thursday.
Telangana's Vardhan dropped a set but sealed the decider against Abhinav Sanjeev of Tamil Nadu (6-1, 6-7(2), 6-2) in the quarterfinals. Parth Agarwal, Kabir Hans and Nithin Kumar Sinha are the other semifinalists in the men's singles category.
Women's top seed Pooja Ingale defeated Tamil Nadu's Ananya S R, 6-3, 7-6(5) to progress to the last-four; she also advanced to the doubles final. Fellow Maharashtrian Sonal Patil defeated teammate Ishwari Anand Matare, 6-1, 6-4 in her quarterfinal. Telangana duo of Sanjana Sirimala and Laxmi Sri Dandu are the other semifinalists in women's singles.
Results (quarterfinals)
Men's singles: Vishnu Vardhan bt Abhinav Sanjeev 6-1, 6-7(2), 6-2; Parth Agarwal bt Raghav Jaisinghani 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Kabir Hans bt Jagmeet Singh 6-2, 6-4; Nithin Kumar Sinha bt Faisal Qamar 2-0, conceded
Women's singles: Pooja Ingale bt Ananya SR 6-3, 7-6(5); Sanjana Sirimala bt Sai Janvi 6-4, 6-2; Laxmi Sri Dandu bt Hridayeshi B Pai 7-5, 6-2; Sonal Patil bt Ishwari Anant Matare 6-1, 6-4