MUMBAI, MAY 21: Vikrant Sane and Gavryl Fernandes will play the under-16 final of the Adidas Junior Circuit tennis final at the Dadar Club.Third seed Sane beat the top seed Rohan Gajjar 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 while fourth seed Fernandes struggled over Vivek Jhaveri 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Sane will contest the under-14 final as well, this time against Krishne Tanna. Tanna pipped Saurabh Kohli 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 7-5 while Sane overwhelmed Jay Mehta 6-0, 6-3.
Nagpur's Lata Asudani failed to shrug off the Deepa Chakrabarty jinx. After losing to her in the AITA Ranking tournament two weeks ago, Deepa scored over Lata in the under-16 quarter-finals yesterday. Things were no different today, if only in the age category.
The under-14 semis had Deepa putting up a 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) win while top seed Isha Lakhani will be the other finalist. Krushmi Chedha lost to Isha 1-6, 2-6.
Isha will face top seed Megha Vakharia in the under-16 final. Megha did what Lata failed to, stop Deepa with a 6-2, 6-1 score while Isha was a 6-4, 6-1winner over Vimal Raghini.
Results (prefix denotes seeding):
Boys under-16 (semi-finals): 4-Gavryl Fernandes (Mah) bt 2-Vivek Jhaveri (Mah) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; 3-Vikrant Sane (Mah) bt 1-Rohan Gajjar (Mah) 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Boys under-14 (semi-finals): 1-Vikrant Sane (Mah) bt 6-Jay Mehta (Mah) 6-0, 6-3; 4-Krishna Tanna (Mah) bt 2-Sourabh Kohli (Mah) 7-6 (7-3), 4-6, 7-5.
Boys' under-12 State Ranking (final): Arnav Jain bt Ruchinder Nanda 6-2, 6-3.
Boys' under-10 State Ranking (final): Agnel Gladwin bt Jairaj Desai 6-4, 6-3.
Girls under-16 (semi-finals): 1-Megha Vakharia (Mah) bt Deepa Chakraborthy (Guj) 6-2, 6-1; 2-Isha Lakhani (Mah) bt 4-Vimal Ragini (WB) 6-3, 6-1.
Girls under-14 (semi-finals): 3-Deepa Chakraborthy (Guj) bt 2-Lata Asudani (Mah) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5); 1-Isha Lakhani (Mah) bt 4-Krushmi Chheda (Mah) 6-1, 6-2.
Girls under-12 State Ranking (final): Kartiki Bhat bt Kanisha Mehta 6-1, 6-0.
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