Hyderabad: Telangana tennis player Abhaya Vemuri stormed into the singles semifinals of the FNCC All India Women’s 5 LAC Prize Money Tennis Tournament at Film Nagar Cultural Centre, Hyderabad on Wednesday.
In the quarterfinal clash, she defeated Statemate Rishita Basireddy 7-6 (3),6-4 to progress into the last four stage of the competition.
In the other clash, top-seed Sonal Paygonda Patil suffered a loss to six-seed Akanksha Nitture 4-6, 2-6.
In the doubles event, the Telangana pair of Abhaya Vemuri and Apurva Vemuri downed Karnataka duo of Bharathiyana Babu Reddy and Sonicka Jadeesh 6-0, 6-4 to move into the quarterfinals.