Jaipur: Rajasthan’s talented players Havisha Choudhary and Aaradhya Meena performed brilliantly to enter the semi-finals in the ITF World Tennis Tour Junior J30 tournament at the Dream House Tennis Academy here on Thursday.Havisha booked her spot in the last four after defeating Swanika Roy 6-4, 6-4, while Aaradhya got the better of Ahana Chaudhary 6-4, 6-1 to make it to the semis.Joining Havisha and Aaradhya in the semis are Khushi Kadian and Prachi Malik. While Khushi trounced Ranjana Sangram 7-6(2), 6-0, Prachi ousted Karthika Padmakumar 6-1, 6-1.The singles semifinalists were determined after Thursday’s quarterfinals. The tourney featured exciting matches between players from India and abroad.Tournament director Sumit Gupta said that the competition has now reached its final stage and the semi-final matches to be played on Friday are expected to be very exciting.
Rajasthan’s Havisha Choudhary and Aaradhya Meena enter girls singles semifinals at the Dream House Tennis Academy in Jaipur on Thursday
RESULTSGirls’ singles (quarterfinals)Havisha Choudhary bt Swanika Roy 6-4, 6-4Khushi Kadian bt Ranjana Sangram 7-6(2), 6-0Prachi Malik bt Karthika Padmakumar 6-1, 6-1Aaradhya Meena bt Ahana Chaudhary 6-4, 6-1.Boys’ singles (quarterfinals)Varad bt Bhavesh Shah Hemchandra Shah 3-6, 6-3, 6-3Aarav Dhekial bt Parthiv Nallagundla 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-4Raghav Sarode bt Paranjay Siwach 7-5, 2-1 (retired)Bhavik Mittal bt Bhimshibhai Kandoriya (retired hurt).Girls’ doubles (semifinals)Miraya Agarwal-Aashi Kashyap bt Tanushree Maneni Satish-Zoha Qureshi 6-0, 4-6, (10-5); Khushi Kadian-Swanika Roy bt Diya Agarwal-Swasti Singh 6-3, 6-3.
