Mumbai: Maharashtra's unseeded Rian Pandole today advanced to the semi-finals of the boys under-16 singles event in the 8th Ramesh Desai National Championship being organised by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) here.

The lanky Mumbai boy scored an emphatic 6-1 6-1 victory over eighth seed Nitin Kumar Sinha of West Bengal in a quarter-final match played in the sweltering afternoon heat to move into the last four. Pandole next meets another unseeded player, Chandigarh s Param Pun, who scored an upset win over sixth seed Shrey Gupta of Haryana winning at 6-2 6-1.