Siddhant Bantia, the UK under-14 singles and doubles champion at Wimbledon last year, beat Shrey Gupta 6-1, 2-6, 6-1 to make the boys’ semifinals of the ITF grade-4 junior tennis tournament at the DLTA Complex here on Thursday.
The results:
Boys: Quarterfinals: Siddhant Banthia bt Shrey Gupta 6-1, 2-6, 6-1; Udayan Bhakar bt Shramay Dhawan 6-4, 6-2; Rishi Reddy bt Sanil Jagtiani 6-3, 6-3; Finn Bass (Gbr) bt Alex Solanki 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.
Doubles semifinals: Sanil Jagtiani & Anurag Nenwani bt Salvador Bandeira (Por) & Finn Bass (GBR) 6-2, 6-1; Siddhant Banthia & Param Pun bt Vasisht Cheruku & Alex Solanki 7-5, 7-6(1).
Girls: Quarterfinals: Georgina Axon (Gbr) bt Angella Raman 6-0, 6-0; Milana Lysova (Kaz) bt Snehal Mane 7-5, 6-2; Marta Oliveira (Por) bt Akanksha Bhan 6-3, 6-1; Mahak Jain bt Shivani Amineni 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles semifinals: Akanksha Bhan & Snehal Mane bt Milana Lysova (Kaz) & Jennifer Luikham 6-4, 4-6, 10-8; Georgina Axon (Gbr) & Marta Oliveira (Por) bt Shivani Amineni & Mahak Jain 6-2, 6-3. — Special Correspondent