Nishit, Asmi in line for double

Pune: City players Nishit Rahane and Asmi Adkar were in line for double crowns as they reached the boys’ and girls’ singles and doubles finals MSLTA-AITA Championship Series Under-18 tennis tournament, organized Nandan Bal Academy at Fergusson College, on Thursday.Results, Semis: Singles, Boys: Nishit Rahane bt Anshul Satav 6-2, 6-1; Tanishq Jadhav bt Sahil Tambat 6-2, 6-4; Girls: Asmi Adkar bt Hiya Mehta 6-0, 6-0; Agnimitra Bhattacharya bt Pratishtha Saini 6-2, 6-3.Doubles, boys: Jay Dixit/Nishit bt Siddharth Marathe/Anshul 6-2, 6-4; Arnav Kokane/Aryan Kotasthane bt Tanishq Jadhav/Anmol Nagpure 6-7 (4), 7-6 (0), 12-10; Girls: Asmi/Prisha Shinde bt Dhanvi Kale/Agnimitra 6-1, 6-0; Mrunmayee Joshi/Shruti Nanajkar bt Rajitha Rajesh/Pratishtha Saini 7-6 (0), 7-5.Indian U-14s falter Indian boys faltered in the quarterfinals, losing 1-2 to sixth seeds Korea, in the World Junior Tennis Asia-Oceania Qualifying Under-14 team competition, being held in New Delhi on Thursday.The loss puts the hosts out of the reckoning for a berth in the World Finals.OTHER RESULTS MSLTA-AITA Super Series U-14 tennis, organised by Bounce Academy at Sunny World Courts, Pashan Sus Road:Singles, semifinals: Girls: Saiyette Varadkar bt Shreya Pathare 6-3, 6-2; GD Meghana bt Siya Prasade 6-4, 7-5; Boys: Vishvajeet Sanas bt Avaneesh Chafle 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; Daksh Patil bt Saksham Bhansali 6-2, 6-4.Doubles, semifinals: Boys: Shivtej Shrifule/Shardul Khawale bt Ayan Shetty/Ahaan Shetty 6-4, 4-6, 10-8;Vishwajeet/Channamal Yale bt Sanat Kadle/Surya Kakade 6-4, 6-2; Girls: Varadkar/Devashree Mahadeshwar bt Mrunal Shelke/Hritika Kaple 7-6(1), 6-0; Prasade/Devanshee Prabhudesai bt Arya Shinde/Serena Roadricks 6-0, 6-4. tnn

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