Pranjala in title clash

Created On: 8 Aug 2015 8:07 AM IST

Pranjala in title clash. Unseeded Pranjala Yedlapalli will clash with second seed Sai Samhitha Chamarthi for the women singles title in the Pheonix Live AITA Men and Women tournament conducted by DRC Sports Foundation at Leonia Holistic Destination in Shamirpet on Saturday.

Hyderabad: Unseeded Pranjala Yedlapalli will clash with second seed Sai Samhitha Chamarthi for the women singles title in the Pheonix Live AITA Men and Women tournament conducted by DRC Sports Foundation at Leonia Holistic Destination in Shamirpet on Saturday.

Pranjala Yedlapalli plays a forehand shot against Abinikka Renganathan in the women singles semifinals of the Pheonix Live AITA tournament in Hyderabad on Friday. Photo: Saleem

In the men’s final second seed Suraj Prabodh will face fourth seed Anvit Bendre. In Friday’s semifinals, Pranjala came back strongly after losing the first set to down Abinikka Renganathan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. In the other semifinal second seed Sai Samhitha Chamarthi defeated fifth seed Moulika Ram 6-4,6-4.

Results (All Semifinals): Men:-Singles: 2-Suraj Prabodh bt 3-Vijay Kannan 7-6(3), 7-6(6); 4-Anvit Bendre bt Manish Suresh Kumar 7-6(5), 7-6(3);Doubles: 3-Sahil Gaware/Kunal Vazirani bt Suraj Prabodh/Prajwal Dev SD 4-6,6-3,10-8; Sandeep Choudhary/Rubal Shandilya bt Pradeep Reddy/ Surya Pavan 6-4, 2-6, 10-7;Women:-Singles: Pranjala Yedlapalli bt Abinikka Renganathan 3-6, 6-4, 6-3; 2-Sai Samhitha Chamarthi bt 5-Moulika Ram 6-4, 6-4; Doubles: Sai Samhitha Chamarthi/Pranjala Yedlapalli bt 4-Arushi Bhasin/Nida Kamal 6-1,6-2; 1-Amrita Mukherjee/Iska Teertha bt NR Baburaj/Moulika Ram 6-7 (6), 6-2, 10-3.