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Janaki, Unnati in final

HYDERABAD, JULY 23. G. Janaki S. Rao of Andhra Pradesh will take on Statemate Unnati Purushotham in the girls' under-14 singles final of the AITA Championship Series tennis tournament for boys and girls at the Fateh Maidan SAAP Tennis Complex here on Saturday.

In the semifinals on Friday, Janaki put it across V. Archana (AP) 6-2, 6-3, while Unnati outplayed Y. P. Aishwarya 6-0, 6-1.

The results:

Boys Under-14: Singles: Semifinals: B. Vikram Reddy (AP) bt M. Gopinath (MP) 6-2, 6-2; Sameer Paranjpe (Mah) bt A. Daniel Raj 6-4, 6-4. Quarterfinals: B. Vikram Reddy (AP) bt Siddharth Gulgule (Mah) 6-1, 6-2; M. Gopinath (AP) bt M. Christopher (Mah) 6-3, 6-0; Sameer Paranjpe (Mah) bt S. V. Abhishek (AP) 6-2, 6-4; A. Daniel Raj (AP) bt D. Vasu (AP) 6-4, 7-5.

Doubles: Semifinals: Christopher/M. Athare bt Bharani/Gopinath 10-5; Lakshit Sood/Chandril Sood bt Utkarsh/S. Gulgule 10-6. Quarterfinals: M. Athare/Christopher bt M. A. Naveen/Gugan Varma 8-2; V. Bharani/M. Gopinath bt D. Vasu/Yeshwanth 8-1; Utkarsh/S. Gulgule bt A. Srikar/Y. Sriman 8-0; Lakshit Sood/Chandril Sood bt Sameer Patwardhan/S. Sirasala 8-7(9-1). Pre-quarterfinals: M. A. Naveen/Gugan Varma bt Siddhant/S. V. Abhishek 8-3; V. Bharani/M. Gopinath bt Chetan/S. Kaushik 8-5; A. Srikar/Y. Sriman bt Nikhil/Thuvraksh 8-1.

Under-18: Doubles: Semifinals: Saket Sai/K. Arjun Reddy bt Gaurav Singh/Avneet Gill 10-1; S. Suresh Krishna/Vivek Reddy bt Akbar Ali/Ronak Mehra 10-6. Quarterfinals: Gaurav Singh/ Avneet Gill bt Aditya Rao/S. Timbadia 9-6; K. Arjun Reddy/Saket Sai bt S. Sujith/Aswin V. Raghavan 9-2; A. K. Akbar/Ronak Mehta bt Ramu Arun/Vishnu Rajam 9-6; Suresh Krishna/Vivek Reddy bt Vijay Singh/Nikung Siwach 9-0.

Girls: Under-14: Semifinals: G. Janaki S. Rao (AP) bt V. Archana (AP) 6-2, 6-3; Unnati Purushotham (AP) bt Y. P. Aishwarya (AP) 6-0, 6-1. Quarterfinals: G. Janaki S. Rao (AP) bt T. Nilaya (AP) 6-2, 6-2; V. Archana (AP) bt V. Nayanatara (AP) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5; Y. P. Aishwarya (AP) bt B. Sai Pujitha (AP) 6-1, 6-1; Unnati Purushotham (AP) bt Divija Mandava 6-2, 6-1.

Under-18: Semifinals: Sushrutha Reddy (AP) bt Anushree Thammana (Kar) 6-4, 6-0.

Quarterfinals: K. Pooja (AP) bt P. V. Rajarajeshwari (AP) 6-2, 6-1; Unnati Purushotham (AP) bt Kareena Ahuja (Dli) 6-1, 6-4; Anushree Thamanna (Kar) bt Divija Mandava 1-6, 6-4, 6-4; Sushrutha Reddy (AP) bt Oormila Ram (AP) 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4.

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