
Mumbai, october 27 : Sixth seed Chatwinder Singh of Chandigarh and unseeded N Mukundan of Tamil Nadu will clash in the boys8217; singles under-18 final of AITA junior tennis tournament here on Saturday.
In the semi-finals on Friday, Singh pipped seventh seed Abedin Sham of Maharashtra 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 in two hours 15 minutes while Mukundan crushed unseeded Gavryl Fernandes of Maharashtra 7-5, 6-3 in one hour 50 minutes.Mukundan along with Karan Doctor of Maharashtra won the doubles final beating the Karnataka pair of Dheeraj Shetty and T Tejaswar 6-3, 6-1 in one hour.
The girls singles under-18 final would be played between fifth seed Sandari Gangotri of Andhra Pradesh and unseeded Kartiki Bhat of Maharashtra.In the one-sided semi-finals, Sandari crushed sixth seed Anuja Parikh of Maharashtra 6-2, 6-4 in 45 minutes while Kartiki sidelined seventh seed Shradha Lodha of Maharashtra 6-2, 6-0 in half an hour.
However, Shradha had the consolation of winning the doubles event along with her teammate Johan Fernandes. They defeated Fathima Baig of Tamil Nadu and Poonam Reddy of Andhra Pradesh 6-3, 6-4 in 45 minutes.
Singles Boys SF
U-18: Chatwinder Singh Chd bt Abedin Sham Mah 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; N Mukundan TN bt Gavryl Fernandes Mah 7-5, 6-3. Under-14: Karan Rastogi Mah bt Anathal Bhaskar TN 6-1, 6-0; Prashant Sundar TN bt NK Narsimhan Mah 6-3, 6-0
Girls SF
U-18: Sandri Gangotri AP bt Anuja Parikh Mah 6-2, 6-4; Kartiki Bhat Mah bt Shradha Lodha Mah 6-2, 6-0. U-14: Kartiki Bhat Mah bt Oormila Ram AP 6-0, 6-2; Nidhi Shah Mah bt Sandri Gangotri AP 7-5, 6-2.Doubles final Boys U-18: Karan Doctor Mah/ N Mukundan TN bt Dheeraj Shetty/ T Tejaswar Knt 6-3, 6-1.
Girls:
Shradha Lodha/ Johan Fernandes Mah bt Fathima Baig TN/ Poonam Reddy AP 6-3, 6-4.