Kannan drubs Bhatt

NEW DELHI, February 5: Seventh-seeded Vijay Kannan kept his giant-killing act intact by crushing fifth seeded Ravi Kiran Bhatt 6-1, 6-1 in the semi-finals of the ITF Junior Ranking under-18 tennis tournament here today. The Davis Cup reserve will meet Jacob Paulsen Denmark, seeded sixth, who survived a second-set tie-breaker against wild card Kedar Tembe 6-1, 7-6 7, in the final.

There was some consolation for Bhatt as he, along with Rohan Bopanna, bagged the doubles title. The top seeds beat the Kirgystan pair of Denis Sirotin and Eduard Koifman 6-2, 6-2.

In the girls8217;, top seed Uzma Khan is in line for a double. She breezed into the title round beating unseeded Austrian Marion Sohm 6-4, 6-0 in the semis. She meets another Austrian, Yvonne Meusburger, who upset compatriot and fourth seed Tina Tagwercher 6-1, 6-2. Earlier, Uzma and Trishna Williams, top seeds in doubles, won the title defeating Shruti Dhawan and Sheetal Gautam 6-3, 6-4.