Ratnika, Rastogi reach finals of tennis in National Games
Ratnika Batra ousted third seed Prerna Bhambri to set up a women's singles final clash against top seed Zainab Ali Sajjad in the tennis competition of the 34th National Games here on Tuesday.
Ratnika Batra ousted third seed Prerna Bhambri to set up a women's singles final clash against top seed Zainab Ali Sajjad in the tennis competition of the 34th National Games here on Tuesday.
The men's singles summit clash tomorrow will be a battle between the two top ranked players Karan Rastogi and Mithun Murali.
In a battle between the two Delhi girls, 11th seed Ratnika caused a flutter of sorts when she upset the higher ranked Prerna 7-5, 2-6, 6-3.
The other half saw Andhra girl Zainab smoothly sailing into the final with a 6-3, 6-1 thrashing of Maharashtra's fourth seed Nupur Kaul.
Men's singles top seed Rastogi of Maharashtra faced a strong challenge from seventh seed Shokeen before wraping the issue 6-3 3-6 6-3.
Second seed Mithun Murali of Tamil Nadu averted a first set deficit to get the better of Ashutosh Singh of Delhi 3-6 7-5 6-4.