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Jhaveri, Mahadevan on course

MUMBAI, JAN 29: Vivek Jhaveri and Sujai Mahadevan, who have scalped seeded players in the last two days made their entry in the finals of...

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MUMBAI, JAN 29: Vivek Jhaveri and Sujai Mahadevan, who have scalped seeded players in the last two days made their entry in the finals of the 7-Up sponsored Junior State Ranking Tennis Tournament being conducted at the Garden Tennis Academy here today.

Vivek defeated Kunal Bhojwani in the under-18 section 6-3, 6-3 but lost to Gavryl Fernandes 3-6, 6-2, 5-7 in the under-16 section.

Sujai similarly lost in the under-16 section to Pratim Parikh 5-7, 0-6 but won 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 against Rishi Behl in the under-14 section.

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Isha Lakhani has lined herself up for a double by entering the final in the under-16, beating Medini Sharma, and under-14, where she got past Kartiki Bhat.

Results (all semi-finals)

Boys (Under-18): Vivek Jhaveri bt Kunal Bhojwani 6-3, 6-3; Pratim Parikh bt Dipesh Rao 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

U-16: Pratim Parikh bt Sujai Mahadevan 7-5, 6-0; Gavryl Fernandes bt Vivek Jhaveri 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.

U-14: Sujai Mahadevan bt Rishi Behl 4-6, 6-1, 6-1; Jay Mehta bt Rohan Apte 6-2, 6-2.

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U-12:Keshavan Narasimhan bt Siddharth Chheda 6-3, 6-4; Krushank Shah bt Bhavik Selarka 6-1, 6-2.

U-10: Arnav Jain bt Aniruddha Kowtha 8-1; Ankesh Bhargava bt Swapnil Akut 8-3.

Girls: (Under-16): Isha Lakhani bt Medini Sharma 6-3, 6-2; Johann Fernandes bt Anuja Parikh 6-3, 6-1.

U-14:Isha Lakhani bt Kartiki Bhat 6-3, 6-4; Krushmi Chheda bt Anuja Parikh 3-6, 6-3, 6-2.

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U-12: Kartiki Bhat bt Moneeza Siddiqui 8-0; Sagarika Phadke bt Aditi Vasant 8-5.

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