Tanvi defeated sixth-seed compatriot Nirupama Dubey in straight games in the quarterfinals and will meet Egyptian third seed Sohayla Hazem next.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Chand, who won the World University Championships singles crown recently, beat eighth seed compatriot Om Semwal in four games, and will take on Egyptian top seed Mohamed Gohar in the semifinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier on Tuesday, Suraj Chand overcame Egypt\u2019s Hassan Menshawy in a 73-minute-long five-game thriller, 11-4, 8-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-8 in the men\u2019s pre-quarterfinals.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In another engrossing five-game contest, Sandhesh Palanivel Ravikumar rallied from 2-0 down to beat sixth seed Ayaan Vaziralli 6-11, 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 and advance to the men\u2019s quarters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In the women\u2019s section, top seed Tanvi Khanna moved to the quarters with a straight-games win over Vasundhara Nangare.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Arihant K.S. defeated Switzerland\u2019s Leandro Mannhart 11-6, 9-11, 13-11, 11-4 in the men\u2019s singles opening round on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In women\u2019s first-round action, Pooja Arthi Raghu rallied to beat Kaashvi Mangal 13-15, 11-6, 11-6, 7-11, 11-9. Another Indian player, Ananya Narayanan, defeated Aahana Singh 8-11, 11-2, 11-8, 11-8, while Vasundhara Nangare got the better of compatriot Janet Vidhi 11-8, 11-5, 11-5.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The event has a prize fund of $9,000 for the men's section, while in the women's section, the prize money is $9,000. The HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour has so far organised events in Indore, Mumbai, and Chennai, and is now in the Kolkata leg.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Results (Quarterfinals, Indians unless specified):<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The event has a prize fund of $9,000 for the men's section, while in the women's section, the prize money is $9,000. The HCL Squash PSA Challenger Tour has so far organised events in Indore, Mumbai, and Chennai, and is now in the Kolkata leg.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women: 3-Sohayla Hazem (Egy) bt Ananya Narayanan 11-2, 11-3, 11-2; 1-Tanvi Khanna bt 6-Nirupama Dubey 11-9, 11-6, 11-5; 4-Karolina Sramkova (Cze) bt 5-Rathika Seelan 11-4, 11-5, 11-7; 2-Menna Walid (Egy) bt 7-Unnati Tripathi 11-9, 3-11, 11-4, 11-8.<\/p>\r\n\r\n