Top seed Mohit Mayur of Tamil Nadu will meet third seed Anvit Bendre of Maharashtra in the men's singles final of the Rs 13-lakh AITA Ranking Anirudh Desai JVPG Tennis Tournament here tomorrow.
In today's semi-finals, Mayur defeated Mumbai's Aryan Goveas 7-6 (3) 6-3, while Pune-based Bendre got past Delhi's Kunal Anand 7-6 (6) 3-6 6-4.
Bendre and Mayur also were in line for a double by entering the mixed doubles finals.
Goveas and Mayur fought tooth and nail and broke each other twice in the opening set before the tie-breaker was enforced.
Though Goveas took the mini break in the tie-breaker, he could not keep the momentum going and, with Mayur making fewer errors, the top seed managed to keep his nose ahead and win it.
The second set also saw both players exchanging an early break of serve, before Goveas had to take a medical break for a strain in his serving arm.
Unable to generate the same power after that, Goveas could not prevent Mayur from breaking him again and then holding serve to extend his lead.
In the other semi-final, after a close first set won by Bendre, the experienced Kunal Anand upped his game to win the second on a canter.
However, he seemed to be tiring in the decider and a crucial break in the ninth game set Bendre up for the match, which he closed out with a service ace.
Results:
Mixed Doubles (Semi finals): 1-Anvit Bendre (MH) and Natasha Palha (GA) bt Sahil Gaware (MH) and Akshara Iska (AP) 6-1 6-2; 2-Mohit Mayur (TN) and Rashmi Teltumbde (MH) bt Ranjeet Singh (CH) Isha Budwal (MP) 6-3 6-2.
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Doubles (Quarter-finals): Kunal Anand/Aaditya Tewari bt Armaan Bhatia/Sauruv Suhul 6-4, 6-3; Bhavesh Gour/Anvit Bendre bt Hardeep Singh Sandhu/Kunal Vazirani 3-6, 6-4, 10-8; Dhruv Sunish/Paramveer Singh bt Yash Yadav/Rithvik Anand 6-4, 6-4; Sai Saran Reddy Byreddy/S.D. Prajwal Reddy w/o Chandril/ Lakshit Sood.
