Rubal moves into semifinals

 Namita Bal of Maharashtra

 Ritwik Bhriguvanshi of Bihar

 Shilpi Jaiswal of Bihar

 Swetha Nalikala of Andhra Pradesh

Patna, December 6, 2012: Rubal Shandilya of Bihar continued his dream run by winning his quarterfinal match against Rrajendra Prasad Rai of Uttar Pradesh 6-1, 6-0 in the Deshratna Dr Rajendra Prasad Memorial Tennis Tournament at the Patliputra Colony courts here. With this win Ruabl entered the semifinals.

Results: Men’s singles (quarterfinals): Rubal Shandilya (Bih) bt Rrajendra Prasad Rai (UP) 6-1, 6-0; Gagan Sharma (Raj) bt Ritwik Bhriguvanshi (Bih) 6-1, 1-6, 6-3; Siddharth Vishwakama (Dli) bt Deepak Vishwakarma (UP) 6-1, 6-4; Chandershakher Mohanty (Aasm) bt Yuvraj Chaudhary (Uttarakhand) 6-1, 6-0.

Women’s singles (quarterfinal): Sanya Madan (Dli) bt Madhu Jaiswal (Bih) 6-1, 6-0; Vvarunya Chandrashekhar (Kar) bt Shilpi Jaiswal 7-6, 6-1; Shambhavi Dixit (AP) bt Mahrukh Kokni (Mah) 6-4, 6-1; Namita Bal (Mah) bt Swetha Nalikala (AP) 6-2, 6-2.

Men’s doubles (semifinal): Deepak Vishwakarma (UP) and Rubal Shandiliya (Dli) bt Ankit Kumar (UP) & Siddharth Vishwakarma (UP) 6-2, 6-2.

Women’s doubles: (semifinal): Varunya Chandrashekhar (Kar) & Shambhavi Dixit (AP) bt Shilpi Jaiswal (Bih) & Swetha  Nalikala (AP) 6-2, 6-0; Namitha Bal (Mah) and Sanya Madan (Dli)  bt Seema Kumari (Dli) & Joshini Tuli (Dli)  6-0, 6-1