Rushmi, Shivika enter Grasscourt semifinals

Defending champion Rushmi Chakravarthi and second seed Shivika Burman registered contrasting wins to reach the semifinals of the National Grasscourt Tennis Championship at Calcutta South Club here on Thursday.

Updated on: Dec 24, 2009, 22:44:27 IST

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Defending champion Rushmi Chakravarthi and second seed Shivika Burman registered contrasting wins to reach the semifinals of the National Grasscourt Tennis Championship at Calcutta South Club here on Thursday.

While local girl Shivika needed 71 minutes to dump Geeta Manohar of Air India 6-1 6-3, top seed Rushmi toiled to tame fifth seed Treta Bhattacharyya 1-6 6-2 6-4. In the men’s singles, fifth seed P C Vignesh humbled top seed V M Ranjeet 6-4 6-7(6-8) 6-3 after a 144-minute battle.

Qualifier Vivek Shokeen defeated third seed Yannick Nelord to advance to semifinals in closely fought two sets, both of which went to tie breaker.

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