Vaishnavi to meet Ananya in final

LUCKNOW:Maharashtra’s Vaishnavi Adkar caused yet another upset on Thursday and made it to the girls singles final of the Shashank Shekhar Singh Memorial AITA Championship Series, defeating third seed Ananya Yadav of West Bengal 6-2, 6-1.

At the Vijayantkhand stadium, fourth seed Mekhala Manna too upset second see Advancy Goldsmith 6-3, 6-0. This, however, brought curtains down for UP’s challenge in the category.

In the boys singles, top seed Vaibhav Singh Bisht of UP and the second seed Kanav Goel of West Bengal made it to the final, notching up contrasting wins. Vaibhav defeated Maan Kesarwani of UP 6-0, 6-1, whereas Kanav had to struggle against UP’s Shubhendra Bhadauria before winning by 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. RESULTS Boys singles (semi-finals): Vaibhav Singh Bisht bt Maan Kesariwani 6-0, 6-1; Kanav Goel (WB) bt Shubhendra Bhadauria 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Boys doubles (semi-finals):

Anup Bangargi-Mohit Mishra bt Vaibhav Singh BishtAditya Saraswat 7-6 (6), 6-4; Shashikant Thakur-Srikant Thakur bt Samit Kesari-Vansh Yadav 6-4, 4-6, 10-5. Girls singles (semi-finals): Vaishnavi Adkar (Mah) bt Ananya Yadav (WB) 6-2, 6-1; Mekhala Manna (WB) bt Advancy Goldsmith 6-3, 6-0. Girls doubles (semi-finals): Shambhavi Tiwari-Arshia Ahmed bt Ananya YadavSanya Yadav 4-2, 2-4, 10-6; Advancy Goldsmith-Manali Srivastava bt Vaishnavi AdkarNivedita Shankar 4-1, 4-1.