Telangana’s Abhaya in final of FNCC Tennis Tournament
In the semifinal clash, the State player downed second seed, Anjali Rathi of Haryana in a hard-fought 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 victory.
Hyderabad: Telangana tennis player Abhaya Vemuri marched into the singles final of the FNCC All India Women’s 5 LAC Prize Money Tennis Tournament at Film Nagar Cultural Centre, Hyderabad on Thursday.
In the semifinal clash, the State player downed second seed, Anjali Rathi of Haryana in a hard-fought 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 victory. In the other semifinal, Akanksha Nitture cruised past Prabha Arunkumar Tamil Nadu 6-1, 6-0 to progress into the summit clash.
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In the doubles semifinals, the pair of Akanksha Nitture from Maharashtra and Yubrani Banerjee from West Bengal beat Sonal Pathi of Maharashtra and Anjali Rathi of Tamil Nadu 6-1, 7-6 (4) and will meet the Bihar duo of Medhavi Singh and Ayushi Singh, who defeated Arti Muniyan and Chandana Potuguri 6-2, 6-3.
Results: Semifinals: Singles: Akanksha Nitture (6) bt Lakshmi Prabha Arunkumar (4)(TN) 6-1, 6-0; Abhaya Vemuri (TS) bt Anjali Rathi(2) (HR) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Doubles: Akanksha Nitture (MH)/ Yubrani Banarjee (WB)(1) bt Sonal Pathi (MH)/Anjali Rathi (TN) 6-1, 7-6 (4); Medhavi Singh (BR)/Ayushi Singh (BR) bt Arti Muniyan (TN)/Chandana Potuguri (AP) 6-2, 6-3.
