Shivani loses in semis of ITF juniors tennis meet

Kolkata Jan 19 (IANS) Shivani Amineni went down to a tame straight-set defeat against Turkey s Selin Ovunc in the girls singles semi-finals of the ITF Junior tennis championships here on Friday.

Second seed Selin did not break a sweat as she outclassed the third seed 6-1 6-3 in one hour and 15 minutes at the clay courts of Dakshin Kalikata Sansad.

Selin will now fight it out with Ukrainian Diani Khodan who rallied to beat France s Margaux Rouvroy 4-6 7-6(3) 6-4 in two hours and 35 minutes.

In the boys singles U-18 category unseeded Mathys Erhard s dream run ended with 2-6 4-6 defeat against Belgium s Louis Herman seeded eighth.

Herman will now face top seed Yassir Kilani in the final on Saturday.

Kilani breezed past Poland s Michal Woznaik by 7-6(3) 6-3.

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