Top seeds in title clash at KSLTA u-12 Talent Series

Bengaluru, Jan 28 The finals of the under-12 KSLTA Talent Series on the Tattvam Junior Tour will see the top two seeds in the title clash in both the boys and girls categories.

In the semi-finals played at the KSLTA courts in Bengaluru on Thursday, top seed Meer Fazal Ali of Tamil Nadu scored a comeback victory over challenger Diganth M while the second seed Likith Gowda breezed past his eighth seeded Gujarati rival Ranveer Pannu in the Boys category.

The top ranked amongst the girls Meghana GD will clash with second seeded Kashvi Sunil in the title tilt. While Meghana eased past Anwesha Dhar, Kashvi stopped giant killer Karthika Padmakumar in the semi-finals.

The girls and boys finals will be played at 9 a.m. on the morrow followed by the doubles final.

Results (Semi-finals)

Boys u-12

Singles

Meer Fazal Ali (1) bt Diganth M 7-5, 6-4; Likith Gowda (2) bt Ranveer Singh Pannu (8) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

Meer Fazal Ali / Shourya Kallamballa (1) bt Anish Patil / Yashas Raj (4) 6-0, 6-1; Thanish Vepanapalli / Stephen Dylan bt M Diganth / Likith Gowda (2) 7-5, 6-7 (3), 10-8

Girls u-12

Singles

Meghana GD (1) bt Anwesha Dhar 6-1, 6-2; Kashvi Sunil (2) bt Karthika Padmakumar 6-2, 6-4.

Doubles

Srishti Kiran / Thanu Vishwas (1) bt Meghana GD / Jeevika Chennabyregowda (3) 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10-8; Agamya Chandra / Aylin Miriam Cornelio (2) bt Dakshana SR / Sana Sesh Varadhaman (4) 7-6 (4), 6-4.

( With inputs from IANS )