NEW DELHI, FEB 27: Vijay Kannan will clash with S Zaman in the final of the ITF Junior World Ranking Tournament (Group 3) at Dhaka, tommorow. This will be Kannan's third consecutive final after winning the Delhi and Chandigarh legs.Kannan won the doubles partnering Ko Kuan Ming when they Akshay Vishal Rao and Karan Doctor 6-0, 1-6, 6-2.
In the girls, Uzma Khan also reached the final beating T Manami of Japan 6-1, 6-4. She meets Dominka Lugarova (Cze) in the final.
Kannan had an easy time in the semi-finals beating Kedar Tambe 6-2, 6-0. In the quarters, he beat V George (Romania) 6-1, 6-3, and in the round of 16, Kannan defeated K Eduari (Kyrgistan) 6-2, 6-3.
Zaman defeated Chang Wen Lung (Taipei) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 and in the quarter-final defeated India's Saif Ali 6-1, 6-0. Zaman defeated Ko Kuan Ming (Taipei) 6-2, 6-2.
Uzma sailed through the pre-quarter finals with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Chiang Yun Han (Taipei) and Chan Hui Lin, also of Taipei in the last eight 6-1, 6-0.Her opponent in the finalDominka, beat two Indians on her way to the semifinal. In the pre-quarter finals she defeated Shruti Dhawan 6-4, 5-7, 6-2 and in the last eight she defeated Sheetal Gautam 7-5, 7-5. In the semi-finals she got past Pichara (Thailand) 6-2, 6-2.
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