Unseeded players Bikramjeet Singh and Drumil Thakkar continued their fine run to reach the final of the boys’ singles category in the Jain Global Asian Junior Series under-14 tennis tournament here on Thursday.
In the semifinals, Drumil prevailed in a hard-fought battle to stun the second-seeded Rithvik Choudary B 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 while Bikramjeet Singh warded off a stiff challenge from Siddharth Thakran to post a 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 victory.
In the girls’ semifinals, top seed Mahak Jain was streched into three sets before emerging winner. After losing the first set 1-6, Mahak came back strongly to bag the other two sets 6-2, 6-2.
Results (All semifinals):
Boys’ singles: Bikramjeet Singh Chawla bt Siddharth Thakran 6-3, 4-6, 6-7(6); Drumil Thakkar bt Rithvik Choudary B 3-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3.
Doubles: Nama Heman/ Theertha Shashank M bt Neel Garud/ Mohammed Atif Sheik 6-3, 6-2; Rithvik Choudary B/ Varun Vaiko bt Sundar Arvind/ Abhishek Shukla 6-2, 6-2.
Girls’ singles: Mahak Jain bt Prinkle Singh 1-6, 6-2, 6-2; Sai Dedeepya Y bt Humera Begum Shaik 7-6 (5), 6-0.