Sai Karteek, Megh in title clash at Under-18 ITF Juniors Hyderabad Tennis Tournament

Hyderabad: Telangana State’s fifth seeded Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta was in scintillating form while making mincemeat of Denim Yadav 6-2,6-2 to make it to the boys singles title clash in the Raja Narsimha Rao Memorial Under-18 ITF Juniors Hyderabad Tennis Tournament at SATS Tennis Complex here on Thursday.

He runs into top seed Megh Bhargav Patel who rallied to down Nishant Dabas 5-7,6-3,6-3 in their semifinal match.

The giels finals pits top seeded Thai player Mai Napatt Nirundorn against fourth seed Salsa Aher.

Results: All semifinals-Girls single: Salsa Aher (4) bt Sandeepti Singh Rao 7-6(5),6-3; Mai Napatt Nirundorn (THA) (1) bt Sarah Dev 6-4,6-1;

Girls doubles: Salsa Aher/Rutuja Chaphalkar [4] bt Kaavya Sawhney/Prinkle Singh [2] 6-3,4-6,11-9; Shivani Amineni/Mai Napatt Nirundorn [1] bt Sarah Dev/Fangran Tian 6-3,6-4;

Boys singles: Megh Bhargav Patel (1) bt Nishant Dabas 5-7,6-3,6-3;
Sai Karteek Reddy Ganta (5) bt Denim Yadav 6-2,6-2;

Boys doubles: Theertha Shashank Macherla/Kevin Patel [4] bt Dev Javia/Madhwin Kamath [1] 3-6,6-3,11-9; Kabir Hans/Tejasvi R Mehra bt Arthav Neema/Denim Yadav 6-1,6-4.