Ankita Raina defeated Barbara Bonic of Serbia in 6-2, 7-6 (3) straight sets to reach yet another ITF final — her third this year. Though she dropped her opening two service game, Ankita matched the Serbian, stroke for stroke to break back immediately and level the scores and thereafter take control of the game and the match.
In the doubles final, second seeds Natasha Palha and Prarthana Thombre got the better of top seeds Ankita Raina and Rushmi Chakravarthy 5-7, 6-3, 10-6. They earned 12 WTA points. Venkatasubramaniam, vice president, Madras Gymkhana Club, gave away the prizes
Results - Semifinals: Ankita Raina (Ind) bt Barbara Bonic (Srb) 6-2, 7-6; Natasha Palha (Ind) bt Angelique Svinos (Aus) 6-2, 6-2; Doubles final: Natasha Palha/ Prarthana Thombre bt Ankita Raina/Rushmi Chakravarthy 5-7, 6-3, 10-6.
Karnataka score
Karnataka boys defeated Kerala 10-1 in the 3rd Hockey India South Zone Sub Junior tournament.
Results Girls: AP 14 (Navaneethakumari 5, Geetha 3, Nalini 2, Spandhana 3, Mahalakshmi) bt Kerala 0; Boys: Karnataka 10 (Maheswar Nag 3, Cariappa MB 2, Sanna Hanumayya, Abharan Sudev, T Aron Saroj Anand Raj, Heralal Purti, Hanij Mesh) bt Kerala 1 (MS Imnad Farshid).