World Junior Tennis

The Indian girls’ under-14 team made it to the World Junior Tennis Finals in the Czech Republic, winning both singles as well as doubles matches in straight sets to send seventh seeds Uzbekistan back home. Rishika Sunkara faltered while serving for the match, but got back on track to defeat Alisa Ogorodova 6-2, 7-5 in the first singles match. Aishwarya Aggarwal, playing next against Karolina Chernaya, clinched the semi-final berth for her team with a 6-3, 6-1 win. The home team, fielding Nova Patel and Rishika Sunkara for doubles, underlined their dominance with a 6-4, 6-3 result against Nigina Abduraimova and Chernaya. In the semis, India play Thailand.