JOIN USAfter losing the first set 2-6, Dhruthi came up with a much improved performance to pocket the next two sets 6-2, 6-4 to clinch the match.
Dhruthi will now take on D Nayanika Reddy who brished aside Prabhuthi Singania 6-4, 6-1 in the other semifinal.
In the under-14 boys’ category, top seed SD Prajwal Dev cruised into the finals by beating fourth seed I B Akshay 6-3, 6-4. In the final, Prajwal will play Shaurya Dhankar who beat Pranav Malhotra 6-2, 6-3.
Results: Boys, under-16 (semifinals): Aditya Vikram bt Niral A Shah 7-6 (8-6), 6-1.
Quarterfinals: Niral A Shah bt Anthony Savio 6-3, 6-2; Aditya Vikram bt Nikki Poonacha 6-4, 6-4; Suraj Prabodh bt Kashyap A 6-1, 6-2; Shaurya Dhankar bt Harsha Manjunath 6-0, 7-6 (7-5). U-14 (semifinals): Shaurya Dhankar bt Pranav Malhotra 6-3, 6-2; S D Prajwal Dev bt I B Akshay 6-3, 6-4. Quarterfinals: SD Prajwal Dev bt Adwitya Pattnaik 6-4, 6-2; I B akshay bt Prithvi Haas 6-3, 6-1; Pranav Malhotra bt Indra Patvardhan 6-1, 6-4; Shaurya Dhankar bt S Gokul 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. Girls, U-16 (quarterfinals): D Mahita bt Kumaran Sendil Deepika 6-2, 6-1; S P Ritu bt R Binu 6-3, 4-6, 6-3; Dhruthi T Venugopal bt Moulika Ram B 6-4, 6-4; Nayanika Reddy bt Preethi Ujjini 7-5, 6-1. U-14 (semifinals): Dhruthi T Venugopal bt Y Pranjala 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Nayanika Reddy bt Prabhuti Singhania 6-4, 6-1 Quarterfinals: Nayanika Reddy bt Kumaran Sendil Deepika 6-3, 6-4; Prabhuti Singhania bt Pragati Natraj 6-1, 6-2; Y Pranjala bt C S Praneetha 6-3, 6-3; Dhruthi T Venugopal bt Priyadarshini T M 6-1, 6-0.