Bal enters semifinals

Davis Cup coach and former internati­onal Nandan Bal reached the semifinal of the men’s 45-plus category of the Rajah Muthiah ITF Sen­iors Grade 4 Tournam­ent in Ch­idambaram on Thur­sday.

In the quarterfinal, he th­r­a­shed Kannan Kailash 6-2, 6-1. Pairing up with Tric­hur Parasuram Rajaram, he al­so moved into the last four of the me­n’s doubles event.

Results

Men’s 45+ (singles quarte­rfinals: Bushan Chandra bt Thomas Thangaraj 6-1, 6-1, Trichur Parasuram Rajaram bt Harsh Sgarna 6-2, 6-1, Nandan Bal bt Kannan Kailash 6-2, 6-1, Arun K bt Vinod Seth 6-4, 6-3.

Men’s 55+ quarterfinals: Bharat Bhushan Mehta bt Francis Rodrigues 6-3, 6-2, S Nelord bt Ramakrishnan Ramesh Mavelikalam 7-6(4), 6-4, Venkatachalam M Swaminathan bt Rajagopalan Krishnamurthy 6-1, 4-6, 6-3, Suresh Murthati bt Chakma Dipak Kumar 6-0, 6-1.