Praneeth, Karthika emerge champions

Bengaluru: Praneeth Reddy and Karthika Padmakumar emerged champions in the FSA AITA CS7 U-12 tourney at the Fortune Sports Academy here on Saturday.
In the boys category final, top-seed Praneeth ended the run of nine consecutive match wins of Ruhan Komandur in style with a 6-3, 6-1 victory. The girls’ final was more keenly contested with Ritisha putting up a defiant show against Karthika.After the first set was resolved via a tie-breaker which Karthika won and gained momentum to take control of the second set too. Ritisha fought back to level at 3 before losing control once again to lose 4-6.
Results (Finals): U-12: Boys: 1-Praneeth Reddy bt 2-Ruhan Komandur 6-3, 6-1; Girls: 5-Karthika Padmakumar bt 8-Ritisha Choudhary 7-6 (2), 6-4. tnn