Chennai, August 14: Top seed Uzma Khan of Andhra Pradesh was just a step away from her third successive title win but was made to sweat by Delhi's Shruti Dhawan in the semifinals of the IOB National Junior Hard Court tennis championship here.Khan won 6-7 (10-12), 6-4, 6-0 after a two-hour battle.
Khan will now face fourth seed Radhika Tulpule (Mah) for title. Tulpule brushed aside her statemate Radhika Mandke 6-3, 6-3 in the other semifinals.
Results
Boys' singles (under-18 quarter-finals): Vijay Kannan (Del) bt Avinash Arun (TN) 7-5, 7-6 (7-4); Manoj Mahadevan (TN) bt Ravikiran Bhat (Kar) 6-2, 7-5; Sanzaruz Zaman (WB) bt Mustafa Ghouse (Mah) 6-2, 6-4; P Chaturvedi (Del) bt Akshay Jagdale (Mah) 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).
Boys' doubles (semi-finals): Vijay Kannan (Del)/Mustafa Ghouse (Mah) bt Akshay Vishal Rao/Sunil Kumar (Chd) 6-3 6-0; Ravi Kiran Bhat/Rohan Bopanna (Kar) bt Akshay Jagtale/Avinash Arun (TN) 4-6, 6-1, 6-2.
Girls' singles (under-18 semi-finals) Uzma Khan (AP) bt Shruti Dhawan (Del)6-7 (10-12), 6-4, 6-0; Radhika Tulpule (Mah) bt Radhika Mandke (Mah) 6-3, 6-3.
Girls' doubles (semi-finals): Radhika Tulpule/Radhika Mandke (Mah) bt Uzma Khan/Debosmita (WB) 6-3 conceded; Shruti Dhawan (Del)/Gautam Sheetal (Kar) bt Geeta Manohar/Sandya Kanuri 6-3, 6-2.
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