NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu’s Manish Sureshkumar and top seed Vaishnavi Adkar of Maharashtra advanced into the semifinals of the ongoing 30th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship after registering impressive wins in their respective quarterfinal matches at the Delhi Lawn Tennis Association (DLTA) Complex in New Delhi.

On Thursday, Manish, a former champion, was made to work hard by Nitin Kumar Sinha of Railway Sports Promotion Board before prevailing 1-6, 6-1, 7-6 in a contest that lasted over three hours.

After losing the first set, the Tamil Nadu player found his rhythm to level the match and then held his nerve in a tense deciding set tiebreak to secure his spot in the last four, as per a press release.

In the women’s singles, Vaishnavi Adkar of Maharashtra showed her dominance as the

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