JOIN USThird seed Aadhya Chala of Karnataka pulled off an upset of sorts when she knocked out second seed Parvvi Patil 6-2, 6-2 to storm into the girls’ singles final of the AITA Talent Series Tennis Excellence under-12 junior tennis tournament at Young Scholars Academy courts here on Thursday.
Aadhya will clash with top seed Yubrani Banerjee of West Bengal in the summit clash. Yubrani registered a 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 victory over local girl Prathibha Narayan in the first semifinal.
Aadhya and Yubrani are in line for a title double as both reached the doubles final defeating Parvvi Patil and Annika Kannan 7-5, 6-1 in the semfinal.
In the boys’ section, top seed Rohan K Reddy and Sundar Arvind will lock horns in the final after recording straight set victories in the semis. Rohan cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Arjun CH in the first semifinal while Sundar put it past Karthikeyan Ravi 6-4, 6-4 in the second.
Results (all semifinals): Boys: U-12: Rohan K Reddy bt Arjun CH 6-1, 6-1; Sundar Arvind bt Karthikeyan Ravi 6-4, 6-4.
Doubles: Rohan Reddy/ Arjun CH bt MD Shreyas/ Aditya Rao 6-2, 6-3; Sandesh K/ Arjun Sriram bt Nikhil Niranjan/ Adarsh Arun 6-2, 5-7, 10-7.
Girls: U-12: Yubrani Banerjee bt Prathibha Narayan 6-2, 2-6, 6-2; Aadhaya Chala bt Parvvi Paatil 6-2, 6-2. Doubles: Yubrani Banerjee/ Aadhya Chala bt Parvvi Paatil/ Annika Kannan 7-5, 6-1; Pragathi/ Prathibha w/o Juveria/ Akshata Goud.
Nikshep in final
Nikshep BR got the better of Naesar Jewoor 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 to enter the boys’ under-18 final of the AITA Talent Series junior tournament.
Results (semifinals): Boys: U-18: Nikshep BR bt Naesar Jewoor 6-3, 1-6, 6-2; Prajwal Dev SD bt Alok Aradhya 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
Doubles: Nikshep/ Prajwal Dev bt Nandish Vora/ Taran Mundakar 9-2; Alok Aradhya/ Naesar Jewoor bt Vazirani Kunal/ Gaur Abhishek 9-7.
U-16: Samyukth Balaji bt Arnav Alok Goel 6-2, 5-7, 6-2; Nandish Vora bt Kavin M 6-4, 6-0.
Girls: U-18: Soha S bt Pragati Nataraj 6-2, 2-6, 6-3; Nupur Umashankar bt Shikha N Singh 7-6 (7-5), 6-0.
Doubles: Jyothi M/ Soha S bt Sansriti Ranjan/ Muskaan Ranjan 9-2; Nupur Umashankar/ Shloka Kumar bt Madhumita Meenakshi/ Aditi Dilip 9-4.
U-16: Pragati Nataraj bt Sholka Kumar 6-1, 6-2; Soha S bt Shikha N Singh 6-2, 6-2.