Munim qualifies for final in two categories of AITA tennis meet

Kolkata Feb 22 (IANS) Deep Munim of Madhya Pradesh will compete for a double crown on Friday against Maharashtra s Arjun Gohad in the boys singles U-14 event and against Gujarat s Dhanya Shah in the U-16 category of the Sunfeast AITA Super Series Junior tennis tournament here.

Deep beat Anmay Karnataka s Yogesh Devaraj 6-4 3-6 6-2 in the boys singles U-14 event and he came back to get the better of Kritanta Sarma of Assam 2-6 6-0 6-3 in the under-16 event to seal a berth in the final.

Deep and his partner Arjun Gohad of Maharashtra also defeated local boys Rohan Agarwal and Tamoghna Das 6-1 6-0 and reached the semi finals of the tournament.

Meanwhile in the girls events second seed Sanya Singh of Maharashtra beat third seed Renee Singh of Rajasthan 6-4 6-2 in the under-16 category and in the girls doubles under-16 category Sanya and Sister Pari Singh beat Paavanii Pathak and Bhumi Shekhar 6-2 6-2.

In the girls singles under-14 category Renee Singh will lock horns with Karthika Vijay of Tamil Nadu in the final.

Renee beat Harshita P. Bangera 7-6 (2) 6-3 and Karthika beat Harsshali N. Mandavkar 6-1 6-1.

In the girls doubles under-16 category Mubashera Anjum Shaik and sister Mushrat Anjum Shaik beat Kashish B. Bote and Harshita P. Bangera 6-3 7-6 (1).

Mubashera will also be competing against Sanya Singh in the finals of the meet.

--IANS
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