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Shivani loses in semis of ITF juniors tennis meet

Selin will now fight it out with Ukrainian Diani Khodan

Shivani loses in semis of ITF juniors tennis meet

Shivani Amineni (Photo Credits: Twitter)

Shivani Amineni went down to a tame straight-set defeat against Turkey’s Selin Ovunc in the girls singles semi-finals of the ITF Junior tennis championships here on Friday.

Second seed Selin did not break a sweat as she outclassed the third seed 6-1, 6-3 in one hour and 15 minutes at the clay courts of Dakshin Kalikata Sansad.

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Selin will now fight it out with Ukrainian Diani Khodan, who rallied to beat France’s Margaux Rouvroy 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-4 in two hours and 35 minutes.

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In the boys singles U-18 category, unseeded Mathys Erhard’s dream run ended with 2-6 4-6 defeat against Belgium’s Louis Herman, seeded eighth.

Herman will now face top seed Yassir Kilani in the final on Saturday.

Kilani breezed past Poland’s Michal Woznaik by 7-6(3) 6-3.

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