CHENNAI: Top seed Shekar Veeraswamy of Karnataka eased into the men’s singles semifinals after beating Suresh Kumar of Tamil Nadu 6-1, 6-0 in the Marina Open AITA Ranking wheelchair tennis tournament here at the SDAT tennis stadium. Anand Selvaraj of Tamil Nadu showed great determination to fight back after losing the first set and overcome eighth seed K Gopinath of Karnataka 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Results: Singles: Quarterfinals: Shekar Veeraswamy (KA) bt Kumar S Suresh (TN) 6-1, 6-0; Mariappan D (TN) bt Karthik K (TN) 6-4, 6-2; Anand Selvaraj (TN) bt K Gopinath (KA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Subramanian Balachandar (TN) bt Shivaprasad (KA) 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: Gopinath K (KA)/Shekar Veeraswamy (KA) bt Madhusudan N (KA)/ Sivaprasad A (KA) 6-0, 6-2; Suresh Kumar S (TN)/Gabriel M (TN) bt Alexander James (TN)/Sathasivam Kannupayan (TN) 6-3, 6-0; Karthik K (TN)/Balachandar (TN) bt Madesh Chandra (KA)/Sharanapa S (KA) 6-1, 6-0; Anand Selvaraj (TN)/Mariappan D (TN) bt Ganesan M (TN)/Keshav Telugu (KA) 6-0, 6-0. Womens: Semifinals: Nalani Buob bt Nalina Kumari 6-0, 6-0; Pratima Rao bt KP Shilpa 6-4, 6-3.
St Peters in semis S t Peters, Chennai beat Veludaiyar, Thiruvarur 25-22, 18-25, 25-21 in the boys quarterfinals of the SAN Academy inter-school state volleyball tournament. R esults: Boys: Quarterfinals: St Peters, Chennai bt Veludaiyar, Thiruvarur 25-22, 18-25, 25-21; St Antony, Thanjavur bt Sethu Baskar, Chennai 25-13, 25-8; Velammal Mogappair bt St Xaviers, Palayamkottai 25-10, 25-18; Khajamian, Tirchy bt American, Madurai 19-25, 25-16, 25-5.