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Orissa boy Chinmaya Pradhan continued his impressive performance in the AITA Men’s Ranking Tennis Tournament at Patna by reaching the doubles semifinals today. In the quarterfinals, Pradhan and his partner Devpriya Jaiswal (Bihar) edged past S Kamal (Karnataka) and John Carino (Tamil Nadu) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3) to set up tomorrow’s last-four clash against Bengal duo of Sourav Panja and Manoj Sewa. Earlier in the pre-quarterfinals, Pradhan and Jaiswal got walk-over against Shivam Burma (UP) and Nitin Theta (Maharashtra).
