National Tennis Championship: Siddharth Vishwakarma, Rashmikaa win in straight sets to reach final

Siddharth Vishwakarma will face Karan Singh in final.

Uttar Pradesh's Siddharth Vishwakarma and Telangana's Rashmikaa S Bhamidipaty made their way into the finals of the ongoing 28th National Tennis Championship 2023 in their respective categories on Friday at the DLTA Complex in New Delhi.

The 2018 champion Siddharth played brilliantly from the get-go and used his ferocious shots and serves to register a 6-4, 6-2 victory in straight sets against Ishque Eqbal of West Bengal in the semi-finals. Siddharth will now face second seed Karan Singh (Haryana) in the finals, who defeated defending champion Manish Sureshkumar (fourth seed) of Tamil Nadu 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 in the last-four match.

In the women's singles category, Rashmikaa also won the semi-final match in straight sets as she defeated the No. 4 seed Maharashtra's Vaishnavi Adkar 6-2, 6-0 and will now face defending champions Vaidhee Chaudhari of Gujarat for the prestigious title.

Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship—organised by DCM Shriram Ltd., a leading business conglomerate, under the aegis of All India Tennis Association and Delhi Lawn Tennis Association, has witnessed the participation of renowned Indian tennis players such as Rohan Bopanna, Somdev Devvarman, Yuki Bhambri, Sania Mirza and Rutuja Bhosale in the past editions. It is India’s biggest domestic tennis tournament.

Vaidhee won against Sandeepti Rao (Haryana), who had retired due to an injury when the top seed was ahead by 5-2 in the first set.

Meanwhile, Manish and Ganta Sai Karteek Reddy (Telangana) won the men's doubles title after defeating Nitin Kr. Sinha and Ishaque 6-4, 6-3 in straight sets. Vaidehee and Rashmikaa clinched the women's doubles title as they beat Sharmada Balu (Karnataka) and Vaishnavi 6-2, 6-2 in the finals.

Maharashtra's Asmi Adkar won the girls U-18 doubles title with Riya Sachdeva of Delhi. The duo overcame Maya Rajeshwaran (Tamil Nadu) and Aakruti Sonkusare (Maharashtra) 1-6, 7-5, 10-8 in a thrilling battle. The boys U-18 doubles title went in the favour of Chair Warik (Maharashtra) and Rushil Khosla (UP), who defeated Satwik Murali Kollepalli (Andhra Pradesh) & Keshav Goel (West Bengal) 6-1, 6-3 in straight sets.

However, Samarth Sahita (Maharashtra) stunned second seed Cahir Warik in the boys singles U-18 category with a 6-2, 6-4 victory.

The final matches of the singles category will be played on Saturday. The 28th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship offers an attractive prize pool of over INR 21.5 lakh along with kit allowance in the junior categories.