Vikrant, however, knows that there is a bigger challenge waiting for him on the morrow, when the 10th standard V K Patil schoolboy will be up against Rohan Gajjar of Mumbai for the defense of the under-16 title as well. Looking at the way the third seed Vikrant today went about upsetting the apple cart of second seed Vivek Jhaveri of Mumbai 6-4, 5-7, 6-1 in the semi-final at PYC Gymkhana, it is for sure that tomorrow's final will be a treat to watch.

Vikrant took the early set 6-4 earning a break in the fifth game and was well on his way to pack off the second set leading 5-3 (40-30) at one stage. Jhaveri, however, fought his way back into the match, winning the next five games in a row to take the set 7-5. But Jhaveri by now had exhausted his stamina and looked tired by the start of the decider, on which Vikrant capitalised, making his opponent run all around the court, winning it 6-1.

Meanwhile, it proved out to be a happy hunting for the Nagpur lass Lata Assudani. The second seed Lata, who had overcame Deepa Chakravarthy of Gujarat yesterday, displayed a remarkable game of tennis, defeating top seed Isha Lakhani of Mumbai 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6) in the under-14 final.

Results (Prefix denotes seedings)
Adidas Jr
Boys
U-14 (Final): 1. V Sane (Pune) bt 2. S Kohli (Mumbai) 6-2, 6-0.
U-16 (S/F): 3. V Sane (Mah) bt 2. V Jhaveri (Mah) 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.
Girls
U-14 (Final): 2. L Assudani (Mah) bt 1. I Lakhani (Mah) 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6).
U-16 (S/F): 1. Megha Vakharia (Mah) bt 3. Riddhima Parekh (WB) 6-1, 6-4; 2. Isha Lakhani (Mah) bt 4. Ragini Vimal (WB) 6-3, 7-5.

State Ranking
Boys
U-10 (Final): 1. Arnav Jain (M'bai) bt 2. Tejas Chaukulkar (Pune) 6-0, 6-3.
U-12 (Final): 1. K Narsimhan (M'bai) bt 3. Hrishikesh Pataskar (Pune) 6-3, 6-3.
U-18 (S/F): 2. A Tamhane (Pune) bt 1. K Shah 1-0 (concede); 7. V Jhaveri (M'bai) bt J Fonseca (Pune) 7-5, 6-1.

Girls
U-10 (Final): A Sinha (M'bai) bt A Bagul (Pune) 9-3.
U-12 (Final): 1. Kartiki Bhatt (Pune) bt 2. Sagarika Phadke (M'bai) 6-1, 6-0.
U-18 (Final): 1. Radhika Tulpule (Pune) bt 2. Sonal Phadke (Pune) 7-5, 6-1.