Myra Shaikh in singles and doubles finals at EMMTC under-14 national tennis championship

Maharashtra's Myra Shaikh has a chance to win a double title at the EMMTC under-14 national tennis championship, after reaching the finals of both the girls' singles and doubles events.

The championship is organised by EMMTC and is recognised by AITA and MSLTA. The matches are being played at the EMMTC Tennis Complex in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

In the girls' singles semifinals, second seed Myra Shaikh faced ninth seed Rishita Yadav, also of Maharashtra. It was a closely fought match. Myra lost the first set 2-6, won the second in a tiebreak 7-6 (7) and took the third 6-1 to reach the final. In the other semifinal of the same category, top seed Siddhi Pandey of Uttar Pradesh continued her winning run. She beat Sharvi Gehlot of Karnataka 6-3, 6-1 to reach the final.

Myra also advanced in the girls' doubles. The third-seeded pair of Maharashtra's Rishita Yadav and Myra Shaikh beat the top-seeded pair 0-6, 5-7, 11-9. The top seeds were Haryana's Aradhana Tehlan and Uttar Pradesh's Siddhi Pandey. Myra will thus play the final in both singles and doubles. In the other doubles semifinal, the pair of Shaurya Patil and Asmi Pitre of Maharashtra beat Raima Chavan of Maharashtra and Sharvi Gehlot of Karnataka 6-1, 6-2.

Two finalists have also been decided in the boys' singles main draw, and both are from Telangana. Fourth seed Sujai Pothula beat thirteenth seed Aditya Kamat of Karnataka 7-6 (8) in the first-set tiebreak and 6-2 in the second. Second seed Satya Chintagunta beat seventh seed Jegan Senthil of Tamil Nadu easily, 6-1, 6-1, to book a place in the final.

In Pune, young table tennis players also showed their skill. The Balluff Automation Trophy, Dr Satish Thigale Memorial fifth district ranking table tennis tournament was held by the Pune District Table Tennis Association. At the tournament, held at Symbiosis School on Prabhat Road, Aarav Bapat, Sharanya Patwardhan, Vardan Kolte, Shaunak Sanpurkar and Santosh Vakradkar beat their opponents to win titles.

In the final of the boys' under-11 category, third seed Aarav Bapat beat top seed Naman Agrawal 10-12, 11-8, 11-5, 12-10 to win the title.