Top seed Amol Roy of Engineers Club along with Ranjan Ram of International Club, Dipu Lal of Nordic Club  and Anwar Hossain of British High Commission Club moved into the men’s singles semifinals of the Independence Day Tennis Tournament at the National Tennis Complex yesterday. A left-handed Amol eliminated Munir Hossain of British High Commission Club 7-6, 6-2 in a quarterfinal match.  Ranjan Ram beat  Mamun Bepari of Madaripur  6-2, 7-5,  Dipu Lal beat Sajib Pasha of British High Commission Club  6-1, 6-0 and Anwar Hossain defeated Rubel Hossain of Barisal 6-7, 6-2 5-1 (retd).
Meanwhile, Popy Akhtar of BKSP  outplayed Fabiah Lamisa Suchona of NTC 6-3, 6-1, while  Etty Akhtar of BKSP defeated her teammate   Zerin Sultana 6-2, 6-1 in the two semifinals of girls’ singles under-14 event.
Jewel of Elite Tennis Academy beat  Saikat Shahriar 6-2, 4-6, 6-3,  Faridur Reza of BKSP beat  Rakib of NTC 6-2, 6-4, Tamim Bin Sakib  also of BKSP  beat  Emon of Zafar Imam Tennis Complex 6-4, 6-2 and Md Shakib of Zafar Imam Tennis Complex outplayed Nahiduzzaman Sunny of BKSP 6-1, 6-0 in the four quarterfinals of boys’ singles uner-14 event.