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Chirag storms into final

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Nitha claims girls' under-14 singles title

MYSORE: The sixth seeed Mysorean, Chirag S. Igoor, stormed in to the title round of the boys' under-14 singles, knocking out both the top seed and third seed in the quarterfinals and semifinals respectively in the AITA Talent Series tennis championship at the Mysore Tennis Club couts here on Wednesday .

With a steady baseline game, the 12-year-old student, wore down top seed, H.J. Prajwal, his team-mate from Mysore, at 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 in an absorbing tussle. Prajwal, who plays an aggresive game, couldn't cope with the ultra defensive style of Chirag, who kept the ball conistently in and played on the patience of his rival, who ended up making too many unforced erros. Later in the semifinals, he kept the momentum and stopped Rohit Srinath in similar fashion at 6-1, 7-5.

Easy win

In the boys' under-16 singles, Bruhath V. Raker, staved of an early challenge from fourth seed, A.M. Suaj, to win comfortably at 6-4, 6-4. He will take on second seed, Vibhav M. Iyengar, who beat unseeded Adnan Agha in the other semifinal 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.

M.P. Nitha of Bangalore claimed the girls' under-14 singles title with a well fought 6-2, 0-6, 6-1 win over local girl A.K. Padmapriya. The eight seeded Rachana R. Gowda of Mysore stunned top seed, Harshini Reddy, 6-0, 7-6 (8-6) and entered the girls' under-16 singles final.

The results: singles: Boys: Under-14: semifinals: Chirag S. Igoor bt Rohit Srinath 6-1, 7-5. Quarterfinals: Igoor bt H.J. Prajwal 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Varun Gopal bt C.M. Kiran 7-5, 6-1; Srinath bt Sourabh Raghuvanshi 6-3, 6-4; Vikas Hansoge bt Rohan Goankar 6-2, 6-3.

Under-16: semifinals: Vibhav M. Iyengar bt Adnan Agha 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Bruhath V. Raker bt A.M. Suraj 6-4, 6-4. Quarterfinals: Agha bt Sriram Vasanth 6-2, 6-3; Suraj bt Amogha Prabhakar 6-4, 6-4; Vibhav bt M.D. Shreyas 6-1, 6-1; Raker bt H.J. Prajwal 7-5, 2-6, 6-0.

Girls: Under-14: final: M.P. Nitha bt A.K. Padmapriya 6-2, 0-6, 6-1. Semifinals: Padmapriya bt Yamini Reddy 6-2, 7-6; Nitha bt Rachana R. Gowda 7-5, 6-2.

Under-16: semifinals: Rachana bt Harshini 6-0, 7-6(8-6); Yamini bt Nisha Thambuchetty 6-0, 6-1. Quarterfinals: Yamini bt Nitha 6-0, 6-0; Harshini bt Gurmeet Kaur 6-2, 6-1; Nisha bt Karmajith Kaur 6-4, 6-1.

Doubles: Boys: Under-16: semifinals: Raker/Suraj bt Yatish Anand/Varun Gopal 6-2, 6-1; Vibhav /Shreyas bt Srinath/Amoolyachandra 6-4, 6-1.

Under-14: semifinals: C.M. Kiran/Igoor bt Balaji Bharathram/Goankar 7-5, 6-4; Pyara Singh/Sourabh Raghuvanshi bt Vikas Hansoge/N. Pruthvika 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.

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