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Good Earth tennis: Ronit in finals

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BANGALORE: Ronit Bist (Delhi) powered his way to both the boys’ under-16 and under-14 singles finals of the Good Earth Super Series junior tennis championship at the KSLTA courts here on Thursday.

Bist after a great start made some unforced errors and dropped the second set, before getting his act together in the decider to prevail over Abhishek (Andhra) at 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-2 in the under-16 singles semifinals.

Later in the under-14 semifinals, he made a short work of Tushal Tawani (Maharashtra) 6-3, 6-1.

Bist will meet the top seed, Mohit Mayur of Tamil Nadu in the under-14 final and will play third seed Digvijay Singh in the under-16 final.

Ankita Raina of Gujarat also made both the girls under-14 and under-16 singles finals.

Ankita rallied to beat the top seed Nimisha Mohan of Karnataka 2-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the under-16 singles semifinals to set up a title clash with the second seed, Sharon Paul (TN) who beat Rachita sarda of Karnataka 7-5, 6-1 in the other semifinals.

In the under-14 singles semifinals, Ankita beat Sharon Paul 6-1, 6-1 while Sowjanjya (AP) battled to a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(7) win over top seed Prathana Thombre (Maharashtra).

The results (semi-finals):

Boys’ Under-14 singles: Ronit Bist (Del) bt Tushal Tawani (Mah) 6-3, 6-1; J. Mohit Mayur (TN) bt Digvijay Singh (HP) 7-5, 6-1.

Under-16 singles: Ronit Bist bt Abhisehk (AP) 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-2; Digvijay Singh bt Mohit Mayur 6-3, 5-7,6-2.

Girls’ Under-14 singles: Ankita Raina (Guj) bt Sharon Paul (TN) 6-1, 6-1; Sowjanya (AP) bt Prathana Thombre (Mah) 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(7).

Under-16 singles: Ankita Raina bt Nimisha Mohan (Kar) 2-6, 6-3, 6-1; Sharon Paul bt Rachita Sarda (Kar) 7-5, 6-1.

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