Sagar Manjunath demolished Venkatesh Krishnan 6-2, 6-2 and enter the boys’ under-16 singles final of the AITA Talent Series tournament.

Packing a solid punch on his forehand, Sagar brooked little resistance from his Tamil Nadu rival. He takes on the eighth seed Rohan Gaonkar who stopped qualifier R. Avinash 6-3, 7-6(8) in the other semifinal.

S.P. Ritu, who has been in good form, made her third final of the season cruising past Jane Jacob 6-1, 6-1 to set up a title clash with Preethi Gokhale in the girls’ under-12 category.

In the girls’ under-16 section, the top-seeded Tarani Chandramouli meets Kavya N. Kumar.

Results: Boys: Under-12: B.R. Nikshep bt B.S. Anirudh 6-3, 6-4; Evans Mirajkar bt Deepak Srikanth 6-0, 6-1.

Under-16: Sagar Manjunath bt Venkatesh Krishnan (TN) 6-2, 6-2; Rohan Gaonkar bt R. Avinash 6-3, 7-6(8).

Girls: Under-12: S.P. Ritu bt Jane Jacob 6-1, 6-1; Preethi Gokhale bt Preethi Ujjini 6-1, 6-1.

Under-16: Tarani Chandramouli bt Nandita Das 6-1, 6-1; Kavya N. Kumar bt Abhipsha Rath 6-1, 7-5.