Pune’s Anvit Bendre will clash with second-seeded Kunal Anand of Delhi in the men’s finals of Rs 3 lakhs AITA men’s and women’s open tennis championships at Poona Club tennis courts on Saturday.
In the men’s event, Bendre scored a facile 6-2, 7-6 (10-8) win over Suresh Dakshineshwar of Tamil Nadu, while second-seeded Anand was lucky enough to scrape past a fighting Dhruv Sunish of Mumbai winning 6-2, 7-6 (7-2) in a one-hour 50-minute thriller.
Bendre also made it to the doubles finals with city lad Rohan Bhatia the scratch pair scraped past the pair of Shashank Theertha Macherla and Gunjan Jadhav 4-6, 6-2, 12-10.
In the finals, they will take on second-seeded Parikshit Somani and Suresh Dakshineshwar who halted fourth-seeded Armaan Bhatia and Ishaque Eqbal 6-2, 7-5.
In the women’s event, seventh-seeded Nidhi Chilumula of Telangana upset top-seeded Vaidehi Chaudari of Gujarat 7-6 (9-7), 6-4, while fourth-seeded Soha Sadiq of AP upset second-seeded Nithyaraj Baburaj of Tamil Nadu 6-3, 6-2 to make it to the finals.
In the doubles semifinals, Humera Shaikh along with Sara Yadav beat Sai Revanur and Arthi Muniyan 6-3, 6-4 to make it to the women’s finals, they will take on Sravya Chilakalapudi and Vaidehi Chaudhari who defeated Anusha Kondaveeti and Sai Dedeepya 6-1, 6-1.
{{/usCountry}}In the doubles semifinals, Humera Shaikh along with Sara Yadav beat Sai Revanur and Arthi Muniyan 6-3, 6-4 to make it to the women’s finals, they will take on Sravya Chilakalapudi and Vaidehi Chaudhari who defeated Anusha Kondaveeti and Sai Dedeepya 6-1, 6-1.
{{/usCountry}}Results: (Semi-finals)
Mens: q-Anvit Bendre (Mah) bt Suresh Dakshineshwar (TN) 6-2, 7-6 (10-8); 2-Kunal Anand (Del) bt 3-Dhruv Sunish (Mah) 6-2, 7-6 (7-2).
Doubles: 3-Anvit Bendre (Mah) and Rohan Bhatia bt Shashank Theertha Macherla (Tel) and Gunjan Jadhav (Mah) 4-6, 6-2, 12-10; 2-Parikshit Somani and Suresh Dakshineshwar bt 4-Armaan Bhatia (Mah) and Ishaque Eqbal (WB) 6-2, 7-5.
Womens: 7-Nidhi Chilumula (Tel) bt 1-Vaidehi Chaudari (Guj) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4; 4-Soha Sadiq (AP) bt 2-Nithyaraj Baburaj (TN) bt 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles (Semifinals): Humera Shaikh (Tel) and Sara Yadav (MP) bt Sai Revanur (Tel) and Arthi Muniyan (TN) 6-3, 6-4; Sravya Chilakalapudi (Tel) and Vaidehi Chaudhari (Guj) bt Anusha Kondaveeti (Tel) and Sai Dedeepya (Tel) 6-1, 6-1.