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Gandharv GK who has been in sublime form ousted second seed Aditya Narayanan to make it to the title round in the Boys’ category of the Sree Gokulam Floresta AITA U-14 CS tournament hosted by the Transform Tennis Academy here on Thursday. In the semifinals, Gandharv beat the fancied player in straight sets 6-2, 6-3 to earn a title bout with top seed Arya Ganapathy who was a 6-3, 6-0 winner over Kaushikh Rajesh.

Meanwhile in the Girls’ category, top seed Zynah Amber Salar struggled past third seed Sushmitha Ravi in the first semi final. After losing the first set, tamely at 1-6, Zynah barely managed to win the second set in a tie-breaker 7-6 (4) before getting into her wonted form in the decider to clinch the set and match at 6-3. She will meet second seed Singdha Kanta for the crown. The latter defeated fourth seed Umam Ahmad 6-2, 6-3 in the other last-four encounter.

Results (Semifinals)

 BOYS U/14 

1-Arya Ganapathy bt Kaushikh Rajesh 6-3, 6-0; 4-Gandharv GK bt 2-Aditya Narayanan 6-2, 6-3.

 GIRLS U/14 

1-Zynah Amber Salar bt 3-Sushmitha Ravi 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-3; 2-Snigdha Kanta bt 4-Umam Ahmad 6-2, 6-3.