ZAIDAN Hajjar yesterday set up a title showdown with Leanne Sinocruz in the girls under-12 section of the 24th BBK Juniors Open Tennis Championship at Bahrain Tennis Club in Juffair.
In the semi-finals, Ziadan easily saw off the challenge of Lucy Thate 6-1, 6-1 while Leanne tamed Shevani Vinod 6-3, 6-0.
In the girls under-14 final, Madison Mordecai clashes with Eira Corral.
In the semi-finals, Madison sailed past Khadija Mousa 6-1, 6-1 while Eira edged out a battling Trisha Ashok 6-4, 6-3.
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In the boys under-12 singles, Rohan Mukherjee and Rushikesh Sonawane advanced with hard-fought victories.
Rohan beat Raj Singh 6-4, 6-2 while Rushikesh had a much tougher time in getting past Tristan Manners 3-6, 6-3, 10-2.
In the boys under-14 section, Abdulla Nass also staged his own rally to edge out Mohammed Al Shehabi 6-7(5), 6-4, 10-4 while the other three matches were straight set affairs.
Anshuman Sonawane saw off Zayaan Siddiqi 7-5, 6-3, Jaber Abdulaal made short work of Mohammed Al Huda 6-0, 6-1 and Fares Hajjar proved too good for Alston D’Souza 6-1, 6-4.