CHENNAI, Aug 26 (UNI) Continuing his fine run, 16th seed Siddarth Alapatti of Andhra Pradesh upset seventh seed Prateek Shanta Raju of Karnataka to enter the boys singles Under-18 final of the Adidas-MCC Junior National Tennis championship here today.
Siddarth faced little resistance on his way to a 6-2, 7-6(7-4) win to meet his statement Myneni Saketh Sai in the final tomorrow.
Myneni defeated Mohd Fariz of Tamil Nadu 6-3, 7-5.
In the girls Under-18 semifinals, top seed Madura Ranganathan of Tamil Nadu breezed past fourth seed Asha Nandakumar of Karnataka 6-2, 6-1 to meet third seed G K Swetha of Karnataka in the finals.
Swetha defeated Gayatri Krishnan of Tamil Nadu 7-6(7-2), 7-6(8-6).
Results : Semifinals: Boy's singles Under-18: Siddarth Alapatti (AP) bt Prateek Shanta Raju (Kar) 6-2, 7-6(4); Myneni Saketh Sai (AP) bt Mohd Fariz (TN) 6-3, 7-5.
Girls singles Under-18: Madura Ranganathan (TN) bt Asha Nandakumar (Kar) 6-2, 6-1; G K Swetha (Kar) bt Gayathri Krishnan (TN) 7-6(2), 7-6(6).