CHANDGIARH, Oct 16: Second seed Sunil Kumar of Chandigarh will face Andhra's Anant Sitaram in the boys under-16 final while girls under-16 top seed Sonal Phadke meets Lisa Pereira, also of Maharashtra, for the title in the DSCL national tennis championships, according to UNI report from New Delhi.On a sultry and rain-marred day, Sunil eliminated Benjamin Xavier of Maharashtra 6-2,6-1 while Sitaram accounted for his state-mate Yogendra Naik 6-4,6-0 in the semifinals at the DLTA Stadium today.Sonal, favourite for the under-16 title, faced some opposition from Shree Yusaf of Maharashtra in the first set but overcame that to win 7-5,6-4. Lisa defeated Geeta Manohar of Andhra Pradesh 7-5,6-0 to enter the final.Dhrub Kumar of West Bengal will meet second seed Delhi lad Nishank Mishra in the boys under-14 final tomorrow. In the girls section the final will be contested between Tamil Nadu's Samrita Sekhar and Andhra's Sasha Abraham.Kumar beat Amanjit Singh of Chandigarh 6-1,7-5 and Mishra overpowered Tamil Nadu's Avinash Reddy of Tamil Nadu 6-3,6-3. Reddy had upset second seed Vikrant Sane of Maharashtra yesterday.Samrita entered the final beating Nandita Chandrasekhar of Tamil Nadu 4-6,6-4,6-3 in the toughest game of the day. Sasha defeated Preeti Rao of Tamil Nadu 6-3,6-3.The girls under-14 doubles title was shared by Sania Mirza-Sasha Abraham (AP) and Priyanka Parekh-Ragini Virmal (West Bengal) as the tie was affected by rain.
