Third seed Shanker Heisnam beat second seed Praneel Sharma 7-6(2), 7-6(6) in the semifinals of the ITF junior tennis tournament at the Shanti Academy on Friday.
In the final, Shanker will play the top seed Sehaj Singh Pawar who beat Gandharv Kothapalli in three sets.
Praneel won the doubles title in partnershiip with Yashwin Dahiya.
In the girls’ section, second seed Diya Ramesh overcame a slow start to beat Diya Chaudhary in three sets. She will play Jaya Kapoor in the final. Diya Ramesh won the doubles title with Sohini Mohanty
The results: Under-18 boys (semifinals): Sehaj Singh Pawar bt Gandharv Kothapalli 6-7(3), 6-4, 6-1; Shanker Heisnam bt Praneel Sharma 7-6(2), 7-6(6).
Doubles (final): Yashwin Dahiya & Praneel Sharma bt Prakaash Sarran & Channamallikarjuna Yale 6-4, 6-3.
Under-18 girls (semifinals): Jaya Kapoor bt Anandita Upadhyay 7-5, 7-6(1); Diya Ramesh bt Diya Chaudhary 2-6, 7-5, 6-1.
Doubles (final): Diya Ramesh & Sohini Mohanty bt Aahan & Riya Sachdeva 6-3, 6-3.
Published – March 21, 2025 06:44 pm IST