New Delhi, Oct 15: Megha Vakharia's father looked proud as he kissed the top of his daughter's head when she came off the courts, after her semi-final encounter with Samrita Sekhar (TN). He had every reason to be. Megha, the top seed at the DSCL Open here, trounced Samrita 6-1 6-0 in a classy performance.The all-Maharashtra final pits Megha against Lisa Pereira, who took a little longer to beat seventh seed Preeti Rao, also of Tamil Nadu, 6-2 0-6 6-4.Meanwhile, U-16 boys top seed Amanjyot Singh entered the final and the way he is playing, it may well be a treble for Chandigarh, after Sunil Kumar and AV Rao took the men and U-18 titles last week. He will meet Maharashtra's Pratim Parekh, who upset second seed Jaco T Mathew in the semi-finals.
Results (semifinals) Boys (U-16): Amanjyot Singh (Chd) bt Rohan Gajjar (Mah) 6-2 6-3; Pratim Parekh (Mah) bt Jaco T Mathew (TN) 5-7 6-2 6-3; (U-14): R Arun Prakash (TN) bt V Vignesh (AP) 6-3 6-0; Vikrant Sane (Mah) bt Vikramaditya Menon (TN) 6-2 6-2.
Girls (U-16):Megha Vakharia (Mah) bt Samrita Sekar (TN) 6-1 6-0; Lisa Pereira (Mah) bt Preeti Rao (TN) 6-2 0-6 6-4; (U-14): Sasha Abraham (AP) bt Priyanka Parekh (WB) 6-3 6-7 6-4; Sania Mirza (AP) bt Ankita Bhambri (Del) 7-5 6-3.
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