Top-seeded Ishaque Eqbal and fourth-seeded Shivam Dalmia suffered shock quarter-final defeats as they crashed out of the JS Pereira Memorial AITA Ranking men's tennis tournament here Thursday.
The tournament is being organised by Bandra Gymkhana.
Eqbal from West Bengal was no match for fifth-seeded Fahad Mohammed, who maintained his aggressive wining momentum and breezed to a straight sets win.
Mohammed was robust and dominant throughout as he knocked the fight out of Eqbal, coasting to a 6-2, 6-1 win.
Meanwhile, unseeded Shahbaz Khan of Maharashtra produced a gutsy performance to defeat Dalmia of Delhi in three sets and advance to the semi-finals.
Khan stunned Dalmia with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-0 win.
Mohammed, the only seed remaining in the competition, will take on qualifier Vaidik Munshaw of Gujarat in Fridays semi-finals. Munshaw sidelined K. Srinivas of Andhra Pradesh 6-4, 6-0 in the quarter-finals.
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In the fourth quarter-final, which was an all-Maharashtra contest, Atharva Sharma recovered after losing the first set to overcome Rohan Bhatia 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Atharva Sharma would clash with Shahbaz Khan in the other semi-final on Friday, which too will be an all Maharashtra affair.
Results Mens singles (quarter-finals): 5-Mohammed Fahad (TN) bt 1-Ishaque Eqbal (WB) 6-2, 6-1; Vaidik Munshaw (GJ) bt K Srinivas (AP) 6-4, 6-0; Shahbaaz Khan (MH) bt 4-Shivam Dalmia (DL) 6-2, 2-6, 6-0; Atharva Sharma (MH) bt Rohan Bhatia (MH) 2-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Mens Doubles (2nd round): Ishaque Eqbal (WB)/Yash Yadav (MP) bt Tarun Karra (TS)/Arthav Neema (MP) 5-2(retd hurt); Shivam Dalmia (DL)/Fahad Mohammed (TN) bt Mohit Bhardwaj (DL)/Sagar Ahuja (MH) 6-4, 6-2.