Rikeetha claims junior crown in superb style

In the final, Rikeetha got the better of Victoric Holjevac 7-6, 6-2. In the second set Rikeetha built up a 5-1 lead. Victoria then held serve to make it 2-5. Rikeetha then served out the next game at 40-30 to win the set and match.

In the boys 16 semi-finals Dhruv Bahl upset topseed Puneet Varrier 1-6, 7-6, 6-4. He will now take on Adham Gabr who outclassed Joshua D’silva 6-0, 6-0 in the other semi-final. In the boys 18 Singles Shaun Keegan outplayed Shubham Gupta 6-0, 6-2 to move into the semi-finals.

The girls 14 singles saw Husseina Netterwala oust Rhea D’souza 6-2,6-3, Emelia Shwarts down Namarta Dutta 6-0,6-4. and Ambika Arora outpace Divya Gulawani 6-0,6-2

The Boys 11 event witnessed top seed Amir Rakhmov blank Kunal Mahesh 6-0, 6-0, Sidarth Ragunath get the better of Vinay Rao 6-2, 6-2 and Linus Shwarts blank Jason John 6-0, 6-1. Bharat Amritraj defeated Ibrahim Khalid 6-2, 6-3 in the Boys 12 section.

Also here, Evci Haktem whitewashed Rohit Ghosh 6-0, 6-0.

In the Boys 14 Singles Anirudh Kamath beat Andrei Ermakov 6-4, 7-6, Dhruv Bahl beat Shashata Battage 6-0, 6-0. and Aswath Amritraj downed Rayan Meeran 6-2, 6-1.

Marietta Papazyan defeated Anuka Sethi 6-0, 6-1 and Zeba Amina beat Diana Onla 6-3, 6-0 in Girls 12 play.

This UAE national Ranking tournament will conclude on Saturday. The event is sponsored by Hagen Das and Sun and Sand Sports.