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 girls', 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.ResultsBoys singles semi-finals: Vijay Kannan btRavi Kiran Bhatt 6-1, 6-1; Jacob Paulsen (Den) bt Kedar Tembe 6-1, 7-6(7). Doubles semi-finals: Rohan Bopanna/Ravi Kiran Bhatt bt Sunil Kumar/A Vishal Rao 2-6, 7-6 (2), 6-1; Denis Sirotin/Eduard Koifman (Kyr) bt Dipesh Rao/Kedar Shah 6-4, 6-1.Girls singles semi-finals: Uzma Khan bt Marion Sohm (Aut) 6-4, 6-0; Meusburger Yvonne bt Tina Tagwercher 6-1, 6-2. Doubles semi-finals: Uzma Khan/Trishna Williams bt Maria Simma/Tina Tagwercher (Aut) 6-2, 6-4; Shruti Dhawan/Sheetal Gautam bt Walterova Dominika/Petra Vostaskova (Cze) 6-3, 6-2.
