Enjoying a superb run in the tournament, Bhakar, who had sidelined third seed Vishu Prasad of Delhi in the under 16 boys singles quarter-finals yesterday, produced another stellar performance to send second seed Sachin Kumar of Chandigarh packing out of the competition.
After warding off the initial challenge from his fancied rival in the first set, the giant-killing Bhakar was in cruise control mode as went on to close out the match in straight sets at 7-6(3) 6-1at the CCI courts.
In tomorrow's final, the Rajasthan boy would meet top seed Akshay I B of Tamil Nadu who swamped qualifier Paramveer Bajwa, from Chandigarh 6-0 6-0.
Tamil Nadu girl Lathika also continued her giant- killing spree in the under 12 singles as she came up with a strong display to topple yet another higher ranked and seeded player.
The tall and well built girl from Chennai, who is ranked 24th in the country, served well and hit some powerful forehand winners to outplay Maharashtra's 16th seed Ishwari Seth 6-2 6-0 without much trouble and progressed to the summit round.
She had earlier conquered 15th seed Tanvi Hatangadi of Karnataka in the second round, second seed Rutvi Shah of Gujarat in the pre-quarters and eighth seed Shivani Ingle of Maharashtra the quarters. MORE