Suhitha Maruri fought hard to beat top seed Shruti Ahlawat 2-6, 6-1, 7-6(1) in the girls’ tennis semifinals in the Khelo India Youth Games at the Gymkhana Club on Friday.
In the final, Suhitha will play Akanksha Nitture who subdued Maharashtra State mate Vaishnavi Adkar for the loss of six games.
In the boys’ section, Rushil Khosla set up a title clash with Dhruv Hirpara. The absence of Chirag Duhan and Aman Dahiya, seeded No. 1 and 2 in the boys event was a blow for host Haryana, in both singles and doubles.
