SIKHA Aravind scored a thrilling three-set victory over Chloe Elkara yesterday in the girls under-12 section of the Eighth E K Kanoo Juniors Open Tennis Championship at Bahrain Tennis Club.
In the closest match of the day, Sikha reserved her best for last to tame a battling Chloe 7-5, 6-7(8), 10-2 and advance to the next round.
The other under-12 girls matches were simple affairs as Ons Belkhodja got the better of Jood Makhuen 6-2, 6-3 while Aarushi Sameer Joshi received a walkover from Muneera bin Hindi.
Other results:
Boys under-14 singles:
Jaber Abdul Aal bt Ali Darion 6-4, 6-2; Raj Singh bt Rohan Mukherjee 7-5, 7-5; Faris Al Toobli bt Zayaan Siddiqi 6-3, 6-4.
Girls under-16 singles:
Madison Mordecai w/o Daniyah Tariq; Trisha Ashok w/o Ayman Tariq.
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