New Delhi, Oct 16 Haryana’s Khushi Kadian combined with Tamil Nadu’s Sanmitha Harini to win the girls U-16 doubles title and remain on course for a triple triumph at the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship here Friday.
The 13-year-old also reached the singles finals in the U-16 and U-14 categories.
Third seeds Kadian and Harini defeated fourth seeds Purvi Patwa and Ranjhana Sangram 6-3, 6-3, capping a long day on the courts for Kadian, who was playing her third match of the day.
Earlier in the day, Kadian won her singles semifinals in the girls U-16 and U-14 categories, losing just seven games across her singles matches.
In the U-16 event, where she is seeded 14th, Kadian upset third seed Aaradhya Meena 6-0, 6-3 to set up a final against seventh seed Ranjhana Sangram.
Sangram defeated fifth seed Akshita Antil 6-1, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
In the Girls U-14 event, Kadian defeated Saanvi Mohan 6-1, 6-3 to set up a final against second seed Siddhi Pandey, who rallied from 5-1 down in the second set to defeat 10th seed Aaradhana Tehlan 6-1, 7-6 (7-5).
Meanwhile, Chandigarh’s Ribhav Saroha, who won the Boys U-18 title last week, moved one win away from completing a double triumph after reaching the Boys U-16 singles final.
Saroha dropped just one game in his 6-0, 6-1 win over Kushagra Arora to book his place in the final, where he will face unseeded Yashwin Dahiya who beat eighth seed Vivaan Mirdha 6-4, 2-6, 6-3.
(PTI News)
