Kirrtane to clash with Vishwakarma for men's title

In a battle between qualifiers, veteran Nitten Kirrtane would clash with Siddarth Vishwakarma in the men's singles final of the MSLTA-ATT Tennis Tournament (M3), organised by the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association at their courts here tomorrow.
Pune-based 42-year-old Kirrtane of Railways ousted S D Prajwal Dev, while Vishwakarma prevailed over Maharashtra rival Shahbaaz Khan in the semi finals today.
Both Dev and Khan conceded their matches citing fatigue and dehydration.
Kirrtane belied his age as he won the first set 6-3 and lost the second 2-6 and trailed 2-3 in the third when Dev threw in the towel.
In the second semi final Vishwakarma was leading his rival 3-6 6-3 4-1 when Khan retired due to cramps.

Earlier in the day, in the quarter finals Kirrtane proved too good for second seed Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash who conceded the match when Kirrtane led 7-5 2-0 citing a knee Injury.
Khan also moved up as third seed Ranjeet Virali Murugesan gave up when trailing 2-6 1-2.
Dev fought off a challenge from Kunal Anand, winning 7-6 6-2, while Vishwakarma edged out Jayesh Pungliya 0-6 6-3 6-1 to make it to the last four stage.