CHANDIGARH: Spirited Eetee Mehga of Gujarat and local girl Ravnoor Kaur are in line for a double crown each  in the All India Tennis Association Championship Series as she entered the girls under-14, under-16 singles finals as well as girls under-14 doubles final here.

Sixth seed Eetee Mehta will face talented but unseeded Ravnoor Kaur, an eighth class student of Sacred Heart of Sector 26 for the girls under-16 crown tomorrow at the Lake Sports Complex Synthetic courts. The semi-finals witnessed the ouster of third seed Harnoor Kaur Mann of Chandigarh and second seed Baljinder Kaur of Haryana.

Eetee accounted for Harnoor Kaur by 6-2, 6-2 while in-form Ravnoor, who had earlier upset  fourth seed Ikttesh Chahal and eighth seed Jaspreet Kaur of Punjab on way to semi-final, gave a tennis lesson to second seed Baljinder Kaur of Haryana whom she beat in straight sets 6-0, 6-4. A final is on cards as they clash tomorrow for the girls under-16 crown.

The title-clash in the girls under-14 will be between topseeded Likhita Shetty of Karnataka and second seed Eetee Mehta. Likhita dropped just one game in two sets to silence eighth seed Rimpledeep Kaur of Punjab 6-0, 6-1. Eetee ousted fourth seed Simran Sethi of Delhi 6-3, 6-3.
Ravnoor Kaur is also in line for a double. Partnering Bhavika Wadhawan, Ravnoor Kaur defeated Baljinder Kaur of Haryana and Sabatini Ankaraju of Andhra Pradesh 7-6 (1), 7-5. The Bhavika-Ravnoor pair will meet Ikttesh Chahal (Chd) and Pooja A Narayana (Delhi) in the final. Chahal-Pooja beat Vaibhavi Trivedi and Eetee Mehta (Gujarat) 6-4, 6-3.

Justifying his top billing, Navneer Kumar of Uttar Pradesh defeated fifth seed and qualifier Naveen Shankar of Chandigarh 6-2, 6-3 in the boys under-16 singles semi-final. However second seed Maninder Singh of Haryana was stunned by third seed Gurinder Singh of Punjab who recorded a 6-3, 6-4 verdict in the second semi-final.

Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association trainee third seed Digvijay Singh Naruka will face fourth seed Vilas Khate of National Tennis Academy in the boys under-14 singles final. Digvijay Naruka was extended to three sets by unpretentious Sunny Dahiya of Haryana before Digvijay won by 6-4, 1-6, 6-2. Vilash  surprised second seed Kamal Kishore Maderana of Rajasthan by 6-2, 6-1 in the second semi-final round.

Results:

Boys U-14 singles (semi-finals):   Digvijay S. Naruka (Chd) bt  Sunny Dahiya (Har) 6-4, 1-6, 2-6, Vilash Khate (NTA) bt  Kamal Kishore Maderana (Raj) 6-2, 6-1.

Girls U-14 singles (semi-finals): Likhita Shetty (Kar) bt Rimpledeep Kaur (Pb) 6-0, 6-1, Eetee Mehta (Guj) bt Simran Sethi (Delhi) 6-3, 6-3. 

Girls U-16 singles (semi-finals): Eetee Mehta (Guj) bt  Harnoor Kaur Mann (Chd) 6-2, 6-2,
Ravnoor Kaur (Chd) bt  Baljinder Kaur (Har)  6-0, 6-4.

Boys U-16 singles (semi-finals): Navneet Kumar (UP) bt Pankaj Kumar (Chd) 6-2, 6-0, Gurinder Singh (Pb) bt Maninder Singh (Har)  6-3, 6-4.

Boys U-14 doubles (semi-finals): Ayush Mintri (Pb)/ Jatinder Singh (Chd) bt  Nischay Rawal/Pankaj Kumar 7-5, 6-3. 

Girls U-16  doubles (semi-finals): Bhavika Wadhawan/Ravnoor Kaur (Chd) bt  Baljinder Kaur (Haryana)/Sabatini Ankaraju (AP) 7-6 (1), 7-5, IktteshChahal (Chd)/Pooja A Narayana (Delhi) bt Vaibhavi Trivedi (Guj)/Eetee Mehta (Guj) 6-4, 6-3.