Mihika enters final

Mihika Yadav kept the Indian hope alive as she beat Inci Ogut of Turkey 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in the girls’ semifinals of the ITF grade-2 junior tennis tournament here on Friday.

In the final, top-seeded Mihika will be challenged by seventh-seeded Bunyawi Thamchaiwat of Thailand, who beat Poland’s Wiktoria Kulik in three tough sets.

In the boys’ section, the top two seeds, Yuya Ito of Japan and Alexis Canter of Britain, lost in the singles semifinals, but combined well to beat the same opponents, Alberto Lim of Philippines and Cing-Yang Meng of Chinese Taipei in the doubles final.

The results: Boys: Semifinals: Alberto Lim (Phi) bt Yuya Ito (Jpn) 6-7(3), 6-2, 6-4; Cing-Yang Meng (Tpe) bt Alexis Canter (GBR) 6-4, 6-4. Quarterfinals: Yuya Ito bt Nawakarn Khunjan (Jpn) 6-3, 6-4; Alberto Lim bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-4, 6-1; Cing-Yang Meng bt Rana Roop Singh Bhullar (Nor) 6-2, 6-1; Alexis Canter bt Udayan Bhakar 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles: Final: Alexis Canter (GBR) & Yuya Ito (Jpn) bt Alberto Lim (Phi) & Cing-Yang Meng (Tpe) 6-2, 6-3. Semifinals: Alexis Canter & Yuya Ito bt BR Nikshep & Alex Solanki 6-1, 2-6, 10-7; Alberto Lim & Cing-Yang Meng bt Udayan Bhakar & Rana Roop Singh Bhullar 6-1, 4-6, 10-7.

Girls: Semifinals: Mihika Yadav bt Inci Ogut (Tur) 6-3, 2-6, 6-2; Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Tha) bt Wiktoria Kulik (Pol) 4-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Quarterfinals: Mihika Yadav bt Yang Lee (Tpe) 6-3, 6-3; Inci Ogut bt Georgina Axon (GBR) 6-4, 6-4; Bunyawi Thamchaiwat bt Vanshika Sawhney 6-1, 6-3; Wiktoria Kulik bt Karman Kaur Thandi 7-5, 7-5.

Doubles: Final: Yinglak Jittakoat & Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Tha) bt En Shuo Liang & Fang-Hsien Wu (Tpe) 2-6, 6-4, 11-9. Semifinals: En Shuo Liang & Fang-Hsien Wu (Tpe) bt Mahak Jain & Shivani Swarup Ingle 6-2, 6-1; Yinglak Jittakoat & Bunyawi Thamchaiwat (Tha) bt Pei Hsuan Chen & Yang Lee (Tpe) 7-5, 6-3.