Top seed Prarthana Thombare and fourth seed Rishika Sunkara set up the singles title clash at the USD 10,000 ITF women's tennis event after scoring contrasting victories in their respective semifinals, here today.
Prarthana had to dig deep to subdue third seed Natasha Palha 7-6 (5) 7-5 while Delhi girl Rishika spanked sixth seed Nidhi Chilumula 6-1 6-0 in her last-four stage match at Sania Mirza Tennis Academy.
It will be the third final of the season for Prarthana, who is India's second highest ranked player in singles at number 389. She won a title in Chennai last month while ended runner-up at the Aurungabad ITF event in January.
For Rishika, who is the country's third best singles player at 559, it will be the first singles final of 2014 season.
It will also be a chance for Rishika to win a second title in as many days, having won the doubles trophy today with partner Sharmada Baluu.
The second seeded pair defeated the top seeds Prarthana and Shweta Rana 6-1 7-5 in the final.
