Filip to clash with Hakim in final; Kaushik bows out:
Guwahati, Nov 29: India’s last hope in the boys’ singles in the Indian Oil ITF Junior World Ranking Tennis Championship Kaushik Das bowed out of the tournament after losing the semi-final tie against Lewicki Filip of Poland at the Chachal Tennis Complex on Thursday.
Filip will now meet Adil Hakim of Australia in the title clash scheduled for Friday. In the girls’ title clash, Angelika Aliev of Israel will meet Alieva Sevil of Azerbaijan.
Kaushik was in tremendous form throughout the tournament and played some superb tennis on his way to the semi-finals. He was brilliant today too, but a few errors in the crunch situation lost him the match. Filip won the match 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to enter the final.
Kaushik, who paired with Monal Chillar, also lost the doubles semi-final match against S Piotr and M Adam 6-4, 7-6.
On the other hand in the second semi-final, Alieva Sevil of Azerbaijan didn’t have to fight hard to beat Sklyr Gleb of Israel and won the match in straight sets 7-6, 6-2.
In the girls’ semi-final, Angelika Aliev had to struggle hard to beat her opponent Teltumbde Rashmi but Alieva Sevil didn’t waste much time in earning her place in the final as she won her semi-final tie in straight sets.
Results: Boys singles (semi-final): Lewicki Filip (Poland) beat Kaushik Das (India) 6-3, 2-6, 6-3; Adil Hakim (Australia) beat Sklyr Gleb (Israel) 7-6, 6-2.
Girls’ semi-final: Angelika Aliev (Israel) beat Teltumbde Rashmi 6-2, 3-6, 7-5; Alieva Sevil (Azerbaijan) beat Tarimela Nilaya 6-1, 6-2.
Boys doubles semi-final: Navin Sai and Shahbaaz Khan (India) beat Amir Dor (Israel) and Gamazov Genia (Australia) 7-5, 6-1; S Piotr and M Adam (Poland) beat Monal Chillar and Kaushik Das (India) 6-4, 7-6.
Girls doubles semi-final: S Valentina ( Kazaksthan) and Sevil Aleiva (Azerbaijan) beat Olga Blank and Morag Ofir (Israel) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3; Angelika Aliev and Margarita Skripnik (Israel) beat Aishwarya Agrawal and Rashmi Teltumbde (India) 2-6, 6-0,6-4.
Source: The Sentinel
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