Sai Kartik stuns Sumeet
(ITF Jr. Grade III tennis tournament, Chandigarh)

FRIDAY 08, JAN 2010.

Sai Kartik defeated top seed Sumeet Shinde 6-3, 6-3 in the boys’ semifinals of the ITF junior grade ‘III’ tennis tournament.

In the final, Sai will meet fourth-seeded Mohit Mayur who ousted Shahbaaz Khan with equal ease for the loss of six games.

In the girls’ section, Rishika Sunkara defeated seventh seed Anastasiya Prenko of Turkmenistan. Rishika made the doubles final partnering with Nova Patel.

Results (semifinals):

Under-18: Boys: Sai Kartik bt Sumeet Shinde 6-3, 6-3; Mohit Mayur bt Shahbaaz Khan 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles: Kunal Anand & Saurabh Singh bt Ronit Bisht & Sai Kartik 6-3, 3-6, 10-3; Mohit Mayur & Rishabdev Raman bt Arjun Kadhe & Digivijay Singh Mehta 6-4, 7-5.

Girls: Rishika Sunkara bt Anastasiya Prenko (Tkm) 6-2, 6-2; Yang Zi (Chn) bt Kyra Shorff 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: Sharmada Balu & Ankita Raina bt Napatsakorn Sankaew (Tha) & Yang Zi (Chn) 7-5, 7-6(5); Nova Patel & Rishika Sunkara bt Laura Deigman (GBR) & Rosalie Van Der Hoek (Ned) 7-6(2), 6-2.