Nalini, Kartiki storm into under-12 final

MUMBAI, MARCH 5: Nalini Mallya and Kanisha Mehta played out a tough three-setter before Nalini entered the final of the girls' under-12 i...

MUMBAI, MARCH 5: Nalini Mallya and Kanisha Mehta played out a tough three-setter before Nalini entered the final of the girls’ under-12 in the Wodehouse Gymkhana Junior Ranking tournament today.

Nalini won 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 to set up a date with Kartiki Bhat who beat Aditi Vasant 6-0, 6-2 in another semi-final.

Results (all semi-finals)

Boys’ under-16: Imran Allana bt Saurabh Kohli 6-3, 6-1; Vikrant Sane bt Ankit Doshi 6-2, 6-3.

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Under-14: Vikrant Sane bt Rishi Behl 7-5, 6-4; Saurabh Kohli bt Krishne Tanna 6-1, 6-4.

Under-12: Keshavan Narasimhan bt Hrishikesh Patasar 6-2, 6-2; Krishank Shah bt Siddharth Chedda 7-5, 7-5.

Under-10: Arnav Jain bt Tejas Chavkulkar 7-6 (7-3), 6-3; Ankesh Bhargava bt Jairaj Desai 7-6 (7-2), 7-5.

Girls’ under-16: Megha Vakharia bt K Sowmya 6-2, 6-3; Medini Sharma bt Anuja Parikh 6-4, 6-3.

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Under-14: K Sowmya bt Krushmi Chedda 5-3 conceded, Kartiki Bhat bt Uttara Rao 6-0, 6-4; Quarter-finals: U Rao bt Anuja Parekh 6-2, 5-7,7-5; K Chedda bt Tulsi Mehta 6-3, 6-2; Kartiki Bhat bt Sonali Sanap 6-1, 6-1.

Under-12: Kartiki Bhat bt Aditi Vasant 6-0, 6-2; Nalini Mallya bt Kanisha Mehta 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.