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Kartik, Kaushik in title clash

KOLKATA: Qualifier N. Sai Kartik of Andhra Pradesh and top seed Kaushik Das of Assam won their respective semifinal matches in the decider to reach the boys' singles under-18 final in the Lotte Spout AITA Championship Series tennis tournament here on Thursday.

Important results: Boys': Under-18: Singles, semifinals: Kaushik Das (Asm) bt Akshay Ashok (Ben) 5-7, 6-0, 6-0; N. Sai Kartik (AP) bt Arijit Goswami (Ben) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. U-16: Singles, semifinals: Bibaswan Deb (Ben) bt Prem Singh (Ben) 6-2, 6-1; Prosenjit Paul (Jha) bt Ayush Dharewa (Ben) 6-2, 6-3. Doubles, final: P. Paul (Jha)/ Prem Singh (Ben) bt Navneet Kumar/ Md. Yasser Nomani (U.P.) 7-6(2), 7-5.

Girls': U-18: Singles, semifinals: Danielle Jones (Ben) bt Nikkie Gargi (AP) 6-2, 6-1; Richa Valechha (Ben) bt Andrea Das (Ben) 6-2, 6-0. Doubles, final: Treta Bhattacharyya/ Danielle Jones (Ben) bt Pamir Gogoi (Asm)/ Jaanesh M. Kaur (Chd) 6-1, 6-2. U-16: Singles, semifinals: Treta Bhattacharyya (Ben) bt Danielle Jones (Ben) 6-3, 7-5; Amrita Mukherjee (Ben) bt Nikkie Gargi (AP) 6-4, 6-2. Doubles, final: Mohana Sarker/ Amrita Mukherjee (Ben) bt Mandovi Mullick/ Andrea Das (Ben) 6-1, 6-2.