Vikram eyes u-14 title

Little Saana Bhambri Del, barely twice the height of the racquet she wields, gave top seed C Nandita TN a scare in the girls8217; under-16 semis before succumbing. Saana, who lost in the under-14 final at Bangalore, lead 4-1 in the second set before Nandita drew level.

The imaginative Delhi girl, playing bold drop shots with gay abandon atcrucial points, saved five match points before Nandita put away an overhead to breathe easy and make the final with the 6-2, 6-4 win. Samrata Sekhar, 7-5, 6-2 winner over seed hacker Johann Fernandes Mah, joins Nandita.

C S Mohanty Del played another marathon to pip second seed Harshit Sharma WB 7-6 7-2, 7-5 for a place in the under-16 boys8217; final. Sharma dropped two game points on serve at 5-5 in the second set 8212; one with a double fault 8212; to let Mohanty off the hook. Joining Mohanty in the summit clash is Pratim Parekh Mah, a 6-2, 6-3 winner over an erratic Rohan Gajjar Mah.

Results all semi-finals

Boys8217; under-16: Pratim Parekh Mah bt Rohan Gajjar Mah 6-2, 6-3; C S Mohanty Del bt Harshit Sharma WB 7-6 7-2, 7-5.

Under-14: Sujay Mahadevan Mah bt P Vikas AP 6-3, 6-1; Vikram Aditya Menon TN bt Saurabh Kohli Mah 6-1, 1-6, 6-3.

Girls8217; under-16: C Nandita TN bt Saana Bhambri Del 6-2, 6-4; Samrata Sekhar TN bt Johann Fernandes Mah 7-5, 6-2.

Under-14 LataAsudani Mah bt Krushmi Chedda Mah 6-2, 6-1; Deepa Chakraborty Guj bt Nivedita Venkatesh TN 6-1, 6-1.

Final line-up: Boys under-16: Parekh vs Mohanty.

Under-14:

Mahadevan vs Menon. Girls8217; under-16:

Nandita vs Samrata.

Under-14: Lata Asudani vs Deepa C.

Maharashtra State Ranking results all semi-finals

Boys8217; under-12: Krishank Shah bt Arnav Jain 6-2, 6-2; Siddharth Chheda bt Rishikesh Pataskar 7-5, 6-3.

Under-10: Arnav Jain bt Ankesh Bhargava 9-1; Agnel Gladwin bt Tejas Chouglekar 9-0.