Chandigarh lads win berth in final

CHANDIGARH, May 27: It will be all Chandigarh affairs in both under-14 and under-16 boys final in the ongoing Adidas Junior Zonal Tennis ...

CHANDIGARH, May 27: It will be all Chandigarh affairs in both under-14 and under-16 boys final in the ongoing Adidas Junior Zonal Tennis circuit tournament, which is being played at the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association (CLTA) courts in Sector 10. In the seminfinals today, Yuvraj Singh of Chandigarh outclassed D Rohit Raju of Delhi 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 while Tushar Liberhan (Chandigarh) beat Gurmeet Singh also of Chandigarh 6-3, 6-1, to set up title clash in the under-14 boys final.

In the under-16 semifinal, Amanjot Singh (Chandigarh) got the better of Dhruv Kumar of West Bengal 6-3, 6-1 while Chatwinder Singh (Chandigarh) prevailed over Nipun Gupta (Delhi) 6-2, 6-4, to make it all Chandigarh affair in the final tomorrow.

In the girls under-16 section, third seed Sanna Bhambri of Delhi upset top seed Sania Mirza of Andhra Pradesh 6-4, 6-1 to meet Rani Smita Jain of Rajasthan in the final, who defeated Anikta Bhambri (Delhi) 7-5, 6-3.

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Sania Mirza and Ankita Bhambri will face each other in the girls under-14 final. In the semifinal today, Sania scored a 6-1, 6-1 facile win over fourth seed Anuja Parikh (Maharashtra) while second seed Ankita defeated her younger sister Sanna 6-4, 6-3.

Results
Boys
Under-14 (semifinal): Yuvraj (Chandigarh) bt D Rohit Raju (Delhi) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2; Tushar Liberhan (Chandigarh) bt Gurmeet Singh (Chandigarh) 6-3, 6-1.
Under-16 (semifinal): Amanjot Singh (Chandigarh) bt Dhruv Kumar (West Bengal) 6-3, 6-1; Chatwinder Singh (Chandigarh) bt Nipun Gupta (Delhi) 6-2, 6-4.

Girls
Under-14 (semifinal): Sania Mirza (Andhra Pradesh) bt Anuja Parikh (Mah) 6-1, 6-1; Sanna Bhambri (Delhi) lost to Ankita Bhambri (Delhi) 4-6, 3-6.
Under-16 (semifinal): Sanna Bhambri (Delhi) bt Sania Mirza (AP) 6-4, 6-1; Rani Simta Jain (Rajasthan) bt Ankita Bmambri (Dli) 7-5, 6-3.

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