Nishangan, Ramya emerge champions

Nishangan, who had scored an upset win over fourth seed Harsh Lakhani in his semifinal encounter, dominated proceedings and stormed past third-seeded S Ganesh 6-0, 6-1 in the summit clash.

In the girls’ final, Ramya scored a comfortable 6-2, 6-3 win over Shikha N Singh for the crown. Karnataka may have missed out on titles in the under-14 category but the boys’ under-16 section promises a winner as top-seeded A Kashyap will take on second seed Anthony Savio in the final.

A Kashyap eased past Gautham Ram Kumar 6-0, 6-2 in straight sets while Anthony faced a tougher challenge in putting away Nishangan, who went down 2-6, 6-3, 4-6.

Results (prefix number denotes seeding, Karnatake unless stated otherwise):

Boys: Under-16, semifinal: 1-A Kashyap bt Gautham Ram Kumar 6-0, 6-2; 2-Anthony Savio bt N Nishangan (SL) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. Doubles, Final: 1-Anthony Savio/ A Kashyap bt S Ganesh/ L Harsh 6-4, 6-3. Semifinals: Anthony/ Kashyap bt 4-Naesar Jewoor/ Vibhu Varsh T 9-7; Ganesh/ Harsh bt RC Mihir/ KJ Andrew 9-2.

Under-14, final: MN Nishangan (SL) bt 3-S Ganesh (TN) 6-0, 6-1.
Girls: Under-16, semifinal: 1-Tanya Singh w/o 3-N Anna Christine; T Shankari (SL) bt 6-Shika N Singh 6-7, 6-0, 6-4.

Under-14, final: N Ramya (TN) bt Shikha N Singh 6-2, 6-3.