Harsh Mankad continued his dream run in the year by entering the singles and the doubles semifinals of the US $ 25,000 LTA Spring ATP Challenger in Nottingham on Thursday.

On the other hand, Prakash Amritraj was comprehensively beaten by second seed and former top-100 player Justin Gimelstob.

Amritraj, with straight set wins in the first two rounds, couldn't match up to Gimelstob's experience, as he went down 3-6, 3-6 to the American.

Both the Indians were playing their second match of the day, as rain on Wednesday had postponed play.

Mankad, who had overcome third seed Ivo Heuberger of Switzerland [Images] in straight sets earlier in the day, crushed Swede Flip Prpic 6-1, 6-2 to enter the semifinal of the event.

That gives Mankad 22 points from this event to take his point total to 161 and his ranking inside the top-250 next week. He has collected 98 points since January. Only Leander Paes [Images] has bettered that tally in a four-month period since Ramesh Krishnan's departure from the tennis scene.

He will face sixth seed Robin Vik of the Czech republic in the semis on Friday. Vik, came back from a set down, to beat Jean-Michel Pequery of France [Images] 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinal.

In the doubles, Mankad paired with India's Mustafa Ghouse to beat Bart Beks (the Netherlands) and Mait Kunnap (Estonia) 6-3, 7-6 (3) in the quarterfinals. They will take on the American pair of Gimelstob and Brandon Coupe in the semifinals.

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