Also moving into the semi-finals in the same category were Sasha Abraham of Andhra, Megha Vakharia (Maharashtra) and C Nandita (Tamil Nadu).

In the boy's Under-16, top seed Anant Sitaram (AP) had an easy win over Chatwinder Singh of Chandigarh 6-2 6-2 for an entry into the last four. Other semi-finalists in the group are R Arun Prakash of Tamil Nadu, V Vignesh of Andhra and Pratim Parekh of Maharashtra.

Results (all quarters)

Boys (Under-14): R Arun Prakash (TN) bt Vikram Aditya Menon (TN) 6-1 6-4; V Vignesh (AP) bt Sourabh Kohli (Mah) 6-2 6-3; R Vasudevan (TN) bt SN Amrit (Kar) 6-2 7-5; Chatwinder Singh (Chd) bt M Jayakar (TN) 6-3 6-1; (U-16): Anant Sitaram (AP) bt Chatwinder Singh (Chd) 6-2 6-2; V Vignesh (AP) bt Tejeswar PC (Kar) 6-4 6-4; PratimParekh (Mah) bt K Aravind Prakash 3-6 6-0 6-0l; R Arun Prakash (TN) bt Jaico T Mathew (TN) 1-6 6-2 7-6.

Girls (Under-14): Sasha Abraham (AP) bt Iciri Rai (Kar) 6-1 6-3; Sandra Sasidharan (Ker) bt Sanaa Bhambri (Del) 6-4 2-6 7-6; Sharanya Pattabi (TN) bt Krushmi Chedda (Mah) 7-6 6-1; Sania Mirza (AP) bt Ashel Dimi (TN) 7-5 6-3; (U-16): T Yamini (TN) bt Sanaa Bhambri (Del) 6-3 6-1; Sasha Abraham (AP) bt Sania Mirza (AP) 6-4 6-2; Megha Vakharia (Mah) bt Samrita Sekar (TN) 6-4 4-6 6-2; Nandita Chandrasekar (TN) bt Gayathri Ramesh (Ker) 6-2 6-1.

Boys doubles (PQF): Somdev Verman/ R Vasudevan bt P Vikas/ Surya Charan 7-5, 6-4; Rohit Raju/ Rishi Behl bt K Kishore/ Sri Krishna Ramanathan 2-6, 7-5, 7-5; Mayank Tyagi/ Mahanadan Tyagi bt Arun Karthik/ Rohit Reddy 6-4, 6-2; G Arjun Reddy/ K Amreesh bt M Jaiyakar/ Ryan Mendonca 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

Girls doubles (PQF): B Suchitra/ Lizanka Pereria bt Vandana Murali/ Anupama Reddy 6-4, 7-6 (1), Anuja bt S L Manasa/ Mansi Modi 3-6,6-3,6-3; S Gangothri/ Bhavana bt K FathimaBaig/ Diana Vincent 6-1, 7-6 (1).