Lucknow: Ankur Kapoor and Ashwini Kumar secured their places in the Over-35 singles final of the third SB Lal Advocate Memorial Veterans Tennis Tournament after registering convincing victories in their respective semi-final matches on Saturday.
Organised by the SDS Tennis Academy at the La Martiniere Lawn Tennis Facility, La Martiniere College, the tournament witnessed competitive contests as experienced players displayed their skills and fitness.
In the Over-35 singles semi-finals, Ankur Kapoor defeated Ashish Moga 6-3 to book his place in the final. Ashwini Kumar also advanced with a comfortable 6-1 victory over Bhupendra Chaudhary.
In the Over-35 doubles semi-finals, the pairing of Ankur and Aditya defeated Sheshnath Pandey and Vishal Kumar 6-1. In the other semi-final, Ashwini and Kartik registered an identical 6-1 win over Ashish and Shashwat Raj to advance.
Meanwhile, the Over-45 singles quarter-finals saw Kartik Appa Durai defeat Rajkumar 6-2 to enter the semi-finals. Satya Pathak also progressed to the last four after beating Himanshu Chauhan 6-1.
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