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Venkatesh Subramanya and Meghana GD stunned the top seeds in the Boys and Girls categories respectively to enter the semifinals of the KSLTA U-14 Talent Series tournament being held at the KSLTA courts here on Wednesday. While Venkatesh outplayed Shourya Bhattacharya 6-3, 6-3, Meghana upset Zynah Amber Salar 7-5, 6-1.

In the first semifinal, Venkatesh will clash with Gandharva Kothapalli who was a 6-4, 6-0 winner over Srikar Doni. Meanwhile, Siva Prasath K of Tamil Nadu who is seeded second will clash with No.3 Kshitij Aradhya in the other semifinal.

In the girls semifinals, Meghana will take on Disha Khandoji who has worked her way up while Sushmita Ravi (Seed No.3) will lock horns with second seed Snigdha Kanta in the other last-four tie.

Results (Quarterfinals)

Boys U-14

6-Venkatesh Subramanya bt 1-Shourya Bhattacharya 6-2, 6-3; Gandharva Kothapalli bt Srikar Doni 6-4, 6-0; 3-Kshitij Aradhya bt Rajesh Kaushik 7-6 (2), 6-2; 2-Siva Prasath K (TN) bt Q-Vishnu Mohan 6-4, 6-4.

Girls U-14

5-GD Meghana bt 1-Zynah Amber Salar 7-5, 6-1; Q-Disha Khandoji bt Q-Shreenithi Choudhary 6-1, 6-1; 3-Sushmita Ravi bt 6-Anvi Punaganti 6-3, 3-0 (conceded); 2-Snigdha Kanta bt 7-Sanskriti Santosh 6-2, 6-0.