Pro Tennis League: Challengers and Radiant set up summit clash
The HinduNational champion Niki Poonacha survived three match points to beat the country’s No.1 player Ramkumar Ramanathan 5-4 to drive Bangalore Challengers into the final of the Centena Pro Tennis League at the RK Khanna Stadium here on Friday. Mohit Phogat and Mahika Khanna got the consolation victory for Supersmashers by beating Dilip Mohanty and Sai Samhitha 5-2 in the last rubber. Ramkumar had the ability to turn things around, but could not pull his weight in doubles as well in partnership with Nitin Kumar Sinha, as Niki and Paras Dahiya combined well for a bright game. The other semifinal between Team Radiant and Indian Aviators went down to the wire, but Radiant asserted itself by winning the decisive mixed doubles in the end through Prerna Bhambri and Arjun Uppal, who outplayed Swarandeep Singh and Diva Bhatia 5-0.