Prajwal sails into title round

Prajwal wasted little time on court as he took out TN’s Raswant Ravi in a lop-sided 6-1, 6-1 affair. His opponent in the final was equally impressive, registering a comfprtable 6-2, 6-3 win over Adwitya Patnaik in the other semis on a rain-affected day.

Results: Boys: U-16, semifinals: 5-Nishant Rebello (AP) bt Nikhil Reddy (Kar) 6-3, 6-3.
Doubles, semifinals: 2-Nishant Rebello (AP)/ Harsha Manjunath bt Mahesh Bhatija (Kar)/ S Kishen 4-6, 6-1, 10-4; 1-Nikki Poonacha /IB Akshay (TN) bt Tulasiram C/ S Deepak (TN) 6-2, 6-1.
U-14, singles semifinals: 1-SD Prajwal Dev (Kar) bt Raswant Ravi (TN) 6-1, 6-1; 2-IB Akshay (TN) bt 3-Adwitya Patnaik (Ori) 6-2, 6-3.
Girls: U-16, singles semifinals: Y Pranjala (AP) bt 2-Karman Kaur (Del) 6-4, 5-7, 7-6 (7-2).               
U-16, quarters: 1-Pragati Natraj (TN) bt Shloka Kumar (Kar) 6-3, 1-6, 6-3; 4-Shameema A (TN) bt 5-Ritu SP (Kar) 6-2, 6-1; Pranjala (AP) bt 3-Rashmitha Pasula Reddy (AP) 2-6, 7-6 (7-6), 6-3; 2-Karman Kaur (Del) bt 7-Bhavani Bala Kumar (TN) 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles, semifinals: Preeti Bhandurge (Mah)/ Abhilasha V (Kar) bt Anjali Jaindhan (Ker)/ R Abinikka 7-5, 6-2.
U-14 (singles semifinals): Shameema A (TN) bt Pragati Natraj (TN) 6-2, 6-2; Bhavani Bala Kumar (TN) bt Reshma Ganapathy (TN) 6-0, 6-1.