Meanwhile, in the girls' Under-14 category, top seed Vanshika Sawhney of Chandigarh overwhelmed her opponent Mohini Singla from Punjab by 4-0, 4-0 in just half an hour. Second seed Meenal Meharwal from Rajasthan snubbed Pooja Morya's challenge in three sets by 3-5, 4-2, 4-2 in a match that lasted one hour. Varnika Thakur, the third seed from Punjab defeated Harsimran Kaur of Haryana in straight sets by 4-2, 4-2. Unseeded Karishma Mehta of Chandigarh ousted Bhumika Sharma of Rajasthan in three sets by 2-4, 4-1, 4-0 to reach the last four.

In the girls' Under-12 category, top seed Arushi Bhasin of Delhi booked her place in the semi-finals after scoring a facile 4-2, 4-1 win over Soumya Saxena of Chandigarh.

Arushi will now face Shrishty Dhanda of Haryana who registered a morale-boosting 4-0, 4-1 win over Rubani Ahluwalia of Chandigarh.

Results:

Boys: U-14: Quarter-finals: Pranav Suri(CHD) bt Ishaque Eqbal(WB) 5-4(9-7), 4-1; Srijan Uppal(CHD) bt Dheerannush Bhatti(CHD) 5-3, 0-4, 4-1; Nishat Eqbal(WB) bt Mayank Yadav(DEL) 4-1, 2-4, 4-1; Sachin Kumar(CHD) bt Abhishek Verma(PB) 4-0, 4-2; Doubles: Quarter-finals: Dheeranush Bhatti/Sachin Kumar bt Andrew Pardeep/Pranav Suri 6-2; Shrey Gupta/ Param Pun bt Sunny Khandare/Nikunj Poddar 6-0; Surya Prasad/Anirudh B.S. bt Sahil Sehwag/Mayank Yadav 6-5(7-1); Nishat Eqbal/Ishaque Eqbal bt Jagtar Singh/Jotpal Singh 6-3; U-12: Quarter-finals: Ishaque Eqbal(WB) bt Sahil

Sehwag (DEL) 2-4, 5-4(1), 4-1, Shrey Gupta (HR) bt Abhijeet Singh(CHD) 1-4, 4-1, 4-0, Param Pun(CHD) bt Anupam Lamba(PB) 4-0, 4-1, Dheeranush Bhatti(CHD) bt B.S.Anirudh (KAR) 4-1, 5-4(8-6).