<p>Veteran Rushmi Chakravarthi clinched the doubles title and stormed into the singles final to steal the show on the penultimate day of the Indian Jute-AITA National grass court tennis championship at the South Club courts here on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The third seed, partnering Ankita Raina of Gujarat, sweated little to defeat Saadgi Rajni and Eetee Maheta (Gujarat) 6-1, 6-2 to win the doubles title.<br /><br />Five-time national champion Rushmi brightened her hope for a second title when she shattered the hope of local girl Amrita Mukherjee with a 6-0, 6-4 victory.<br />The Tamil Nadu veteran broke Amrita thrice with a fluent display as the local girl was clueless conceding the first set without any resistance.<br /><br />Amrita tried to stage a fightback but the powerful Rushmi took the decisive break on the seventh game and then held her sever to storm into the final where she will take on 16-year-old Hyderabadi Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (seeded fourth).<br /><br />There was no surprise in the men’s section as top seed Saketh Myneni justified his top billing to make the final with a 6-2, 6-4 win over veteran Nitin Kirrtane.<br /><br />The Andhra lad will take on second seed and the last year’s champion A S Suresh Krishna who beat third seed P C Vignesh 6-2, 1-0 after the latter retired following a back pain.<br />Results: Men’s singles, semifinals: Saketh Myneni (AP) bt Nitin Kirrtane (Mah) 6-2, 6-4; A S Suresh Krishna (AP) bt P C Vignesh (AP) 6-2, 1-0 (retired). <br /><br />Women’s singles, semifinals: Rushmi Chakravarthi (TN) bt Amrita Mukherjee (Ben) 6-0, 6-4; Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (AP) bt Ankita Raina (Guj) 6-3, 6-1. Women’s doubles, final: Rushmi (TN)/ Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Saadgi Rajni/ Eetee Maheta (Guj) 6-1, 6-2.</p>
<p>Veteran Rushmi Chakravarthi clinched the doubles title and stormed into the singles final to steal the show on the penultimate day of the Indian Jute-AITA National grass court tennis championship at the South Club courts here on Thursday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The third seed, partnering Ankita Raina of Gujarat, sweated little to defeat Saadgi Rajni and Eetee Maheta (Gujarat) 6-1, 6-2 to win the doubles title.<br /><br />Five-time national champion Rushmi brightened her hope for a second title when she shattered the hope of local girl Amrita Mukherjee with a 6-0, 6-4 victory.<br />The Tamil Nadu veteran broke Amrita thrice with a fluent display as the local girl was clueless conceding the first set without any resistance.<br /><br />Amrita tried to stage a fightback but the powerful Rushmi took the decisive break on the seventh game and then held her sever to storm into the final where she will take on 16-year-old Hyderabadi Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (seeded fourth).<br /><br />There was no surprise in the men’s section as top seed Saketh Myneni justified his top billing to make the final with a 6-2, 6-4 win over veteran Nitin Kirrtane.<br /><br />The Andhra lad will take on second seed and the last year’s champion A S Suresh Krishna who beat third seed P C Vignesh 6-2, 1-0 after the latter retired following a back pain.<br />Results: Men’s singles, semifinals: Saketh Myneni (AP) bt Nitin Kirrtane (Mah) 6-2, 6-4; A S Suresh Krishna (AP) bt P C Vignesh (AP) 6-2, 1-0 (retired). <br /><br />Women’s singles, semifinals: Rushmi Chakravarthi (TN) bt Amrita Mukherjee (Ben) 6-0, 6-4; Sri Vaishnavi Peddi Reddy (AP) bt Ankita Raina (Guj) 6-3, 6-1. Women’s doubles, final: Rushmi (TN)/ Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Saadgi Rajni/ Eetee Maheta (Guj) 6-1, 6-2.</p>