Gujarat's Ankita Raina overcame top-seeded Nimisha Mohan in the semifinals of the girls' under-16 section of the Good Earth Super Series junior tennis tournament at the KSLTA courts here on Thursday.

Ankita, winner of two titles in the three legs so far, scored a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 win over the local girl. In the final, Ankita will take on second-seeded Sharon Paul, a 7-5, 6-1 victor over another Karnataka girl, Rachita Sarda.

After taking the opening set, Nimisha lost the plot thereafter. The Gujarat lass tightened her game by keeping the errors to a minimum to clinch the second set. In the decider, Ankita, winner of the under-16 title in Hyderabad, just blew her opponent away.

Ankita gave herself a psychological edge by defeating Sharon in the U-14 semifinal to put herself on course for a double.

In the corresponding age group in the boys’ section, Digvijay Singh will take on Ronit Bisht in the title clash. Digviyay overcame Mohit Mayur in a three-set thriller, while Bisht got the better of SV Abhishek, also in three tough sets.

Results (all semifinals):
Boys: U-16: Digvijay Singh (HP) bt J Mohit Mayur (TN)  6-3, 5-7, 6-2; Ronit Bisht (Del) bt S V Abhihek (AP) 6-1, 6-7 (5-7), 6-2.

U-14: J Mohit Mayur (TN) bt Digvijay Singh (HP) 7-5, 6-1; Ronit Bisht (Del) bt Tushal Tawani (Mah) 6-3, 6-1.
Girls: U-16: Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Nimisha Mohan (Kar) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Sharon Paul (TN) bt Rachita Sarada (Kar) 7-5, 6-1.

U-14: Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Sharon S Paul (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Sowjanya (AP) bt Prarthana T (Mah) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (9-7).