Fenesta Open: Impressive Aahan reaches girls' U16, U14 finals

Odisha ’s Aahan stormed into the finals of the girls' singles Under-16 and Under-14 categories in the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship here on Friday.

In the Under-16 semis, Aahan defeated Angel Patel of Gujarat 7-5 6-0 to set up final with Maharashtra ’s Aishwarya Jadhav, who beat Delhi’s Yashika Shokeen 6-4, 6-3.

Later, the Odisha girl got the better of Avipsha Dehury 6-1 6-0 to reach the final of the Under-14 category.

She will now face Maharashtra ’s Prathsarthi Mundhe, who beat Deepshikha Vinayagamurthy 6-2, 6-4, in the title match.

The third seed Samarth Sahita continued his winning run to reach the final of the boys’ singles Under-16 category beating top seed Prateek Sheoran of Haryana 6-3, 6-1 in the semis.

Samarth will be up against Karan Thapa a 6-1 6-4 winner over Delhi’s Aashravya Mehra.

In the boys’ singles Under-14 semis, Maharashtra ’s Aradhya Mhasde defeated Fazal Meer of Tamil Nadu 6-1, 6-3.

Raghav Sarode of Maharashtra outclassed Vivaan Vidasaria 6-3, 6-2 to reach the final.