MUMBAI, JUL 2 (PTI): India’s Velvan Senthilkumar and Tanvi Khanna on Thursday recorded contrasting victories to qualify for the semifinals of the HCL-SRFI PSA Challenger Tournament here.
Senthilkumar made a shaky start but recovered to get the better of Egypt’s fourth seeded Abdullah Hafez to win by 15-13, 11-4, 11-3.
Senthilkumar will take on the second seed Yassin Shohdy of Egypt in the semifinal.
Meanwhile, Tanvi dropped a game against Zoe Foo, the eighth seed from Japan, before winning 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-6. Tanvi will take on the sixth seeded Japanese Akari Midorikawa in her semifinal clash.
Results:
Men’s quarterfinals: (2) Yassin Shohdy (Egypt) bt (7) Tomotaka Endo (Japan) 3-0 (11-8,11-8,11-4); (1) Velavan Senthilkumar (Indi) bt (4) Abdullah Hafez (Egypt) 3-0 (15-13,11-4,11-3); Syafiq Kamal (Malaysia) bt Salah Eltorgman (Egypt) 3-1 (11-7,6-11,11-5,11-8); (8) Ziad Ibrahim bt Om Semwal 3-2 (11-5,11-13,11-8, 8-11,11-9).
Women’s quarterfinals: (2) Farida Walid (Egypt) bt (7) Risa Sugimoto (Japan) 3-0 (11-5,11-5,11-6); (4) Nour Khafagy (Egypt) bt (5) Malak Fathy (Egypt) 3-0 (11-1,11-9,11-8); (3) Tanvi Khanna (India) bt (8) Zoe. Foo (Japan) 3-1 (11-6,11-7,8-11,11-6); (6) Akari Midorikawa (Japan) bt Shameena Riaz (India) 3-1 (12-10,11-8,5-11,11-2).
