Sheetal, Shruti upset

Nida, a ninth class student of Convent Jesus and Mary, Karachi, earned sweet revenge over top seed Sheetal Gautam. Despite surrendering the first set and committing as many as eight double faults in the 110-minute encounter, Nida bounced back into the match with vengeance to record a hard-fought 1-6 7-5 6-2 victory over Sheetal, who had defeated her in first round of the Delhi leg last week.

Placing her index finger on her head, Nida later said 8220;I used this brain today. Delhi8217;s defeat had made me stronger. The clay court here also contributed to my success while the competition in Delhi wason the hard courts.8221;

Nida8217;s opponent for the crown will be third seed Radhika Tulpule of India who stunned second seed Shruti Dhawan 7-6 2 7-6 4.

Sheetal Gautam and Shruti Dhawan, however, and the consolation of winning the girls doubles crown after a tough fight from second seed Radhika Tulpule and Radhika Mandke 5-7, 6-1, 6-0 in the all-India final.

Results prefix denotes seeding

Boys singles semis: 1-Kedar Tembe Ind bt Kedar Shah Ind 7-5 4-6 6-3; Nomi Qamar Pak bt 6-Vishal Punna Ind 6-4 6-4; Doubles semis: 3-Akshay Vishal Rao Ind amp; Sunil Kumar Ind w/o Stephen Nita Gbr and Parantap Chaturvedi Ind.

Girls singles semis: 7-Nida Waseem Pak bt 1-Sheetal Gautam Ind 1-6 7-5 6-2; 3-Radhika Tulpule Ind bt 2-Shruti Dhawan Ind 7-6 2 7-6 4; Doubles final: 1-Sheetal Gautam amp; Shruti Dhawan Ind bt 2-Radhika Tulpule amp; Radhika Mandke Ind 5-7 7-6 5 6-0.