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Sujith makes final

BANGALORE: Sujith Sachidanand, after a long lay-off, made a welcome return to the circuit, by entering the boys’ under-18 singles final of the Mahila Seva Samaj State-ranking tennis tournament with a 6-2, 6-1 win over S. Raghavendra in the semifinals here on Thursday. Sujith will meet B. Santosh who beat Rohan Gaonkar 7-5, 7-5.

Meanwhile, in a lop-sided boys’ under-12 singles semifinals, A. Kashyap defeated Evans Mirajkar 6-1, 6-4, while Prajwal Dev defeated M.S. Rakshith 6-1, 6-0.

The results: Boys: Under-10 singles (semifinals): B.S. Rahul bt Nikhil Rangarajan 7-0; B.R. Nikshep bt Nirnai 8-4. Quarterfinals: B.S. Rahul bt Prajai Shand 7-0; Nikhil Rangarajan bt Varun Shenoy 7-0; Nirnai bt Vishnu Karthik 7-6(4); B.R. Nikshep bt Varun Venkat 7-1.

Under-12 singles (semifinals): A. Kashyap bt Evans Mirjakar 6-1, 6-4; S.D. Prajwal Dev bt M.S. Rakshith 6-1, 6-0. Quarterfinals: Kashyap bt Nikshep 8-1; Evans Mirajkar bt B.S. Rahul 8-2; Prajwal Dev bt Andrew K. Jose 8-3; Rakhshith bt Anthony Ashankith 8-7(2).

Under-18 singles (semifinals): Sujith Sachidanand bt S. Raghavendra 6-2, 6-1; B. Santosh bt Rohan Gaonkar 7-5, 7-5.

Girls: Under-10 singles (semifinals): Azza bt Soha 8-5; Nupoor Umashankar bt Annapoorna 8-5.

Under-12 singles (quarterfinals): Ritu bt Azza 7-0; B.R. Vaishnavi bt Nupoor Umashankar 7-3; Jani Jacob bt Anchal Machani 7-0.

Under-18 singles (quarterfinals): Rachita Sarda bt Surya Suresh 8-1; S.P. Ritu bt Preethi Ujjini 8-6; Preethi Gokhale bt V. Nandini 8-0; Akansha Kohli bt Pooja R. Patil 8-0. — Special Correspondent

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