Fenesta Open: Digvijay Pratap Singh edges past Vishnu Vardhan

NEW DELHI: Digvijay Pratap Singh stopped the winning run of veteran Vishnu Vardhan to earn another shot at the men’s title at the Fenesta Open National tennis championships here on Saturday.
Second seeded Digvijay tamed the 35-year-old Vardhan 6-4, 6-4 to reach his second consecutive final of the hardcourt tournament at the DLTA tennis complex.
The 22-year-old Haryana lad, who had finished runnerup to Nikki Poonacha last year, will take on Tamil Nadu’s top seed Manish Sureshkumar, who breezed past 18-year-old Chirag Duhan 6-1, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
In the women’s action, top seed Vaidehi Chaudhari beat Vaishnavi Adkar 2-6, 6-4, 6-0 .