Rashmika moves into last four

*Karnataka's Rashmika Rajan defeated State-mate Shivani Manjanna in straight sets to reach the semifinals of the AITA Championship series tennis tournament the KSLTA courts here on Wednesday.
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Rashmika had to fight hard in the first set but she was in control in the second, winning her quarterfinal 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.

In another quarterfinals, Sivanuja P of AP beat Muskaan Ranjan of Karnataka 6-3, 6-3.
Results (quarterfinals): Boys' under-16: P C Anirudh (AP) bt B S Anirudh (Kar) 6-4, 6-4; Abhinav Sanjeev bt V Rohith (TN) 6-0, 6-0; Taquiddin Mohamed (AP) bt T S Jude Leander (AP) 6-1, 6-2; V Nandish Mehul (Mah) bt Supran Pathak 6-3, 6-4.

Boys' under-14: Adil Kalyanpur (Kar) bt Surya Elangovan (Kar) 6-3, 6-1; L R Balaji (TN) bt Ayeni Vamshi Krishna (AP) 6-4, 6-2 ; R Srivatsa (AP) bt L I Aditya (Mah) 6-3, 7-5; Rahul Shankar (Kar) bt Rohit Narashiman (Kar) 6-4, 7-5. Girls' under-16: Pragati Natraj (TN) bt Nisha Shenoy (Kar) 6-1, 6-0; Harsha Sai Challa (AP) bt Megha M (TN) 6-1, 6-0.

Girls' under-14: Rashmika Rajan (Kar) bt Shivani Manjanna (Kar) 7-6 (2), 6-2; Tanvi Hatangadi Bhar (Ker) bt Yubrani B (WB) 3-6 ,6-2, 6-3; Sivanuja P (AP) bt Muskaan Ranjan (Kar) 6-3, 6-3; Harsha Sai Challa (AP) bt Aadhya Chala (Kar) 6-3, 6-0. Reported by Deccan Herald 20 hours ago.