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Top seed Ishaque Eqbal and second seed Dalwinder Singh moved into men's singles final of the CLTA-AITA National Ranking Tennis Championship at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today . Top seed Ishaque Eqbal defeated fourth seed Neeraj Yaspaul in straight sets 6-4, 6-3. Ishaque played in a top form and maintained his momentum throughout the match.

In the another semifinal match second seed Dalwinder Singh defeated Suraj R Prabodh in a 3 setter 4 hours marathon match. Dalwinder lead 5-2 40-0 in the first set, Suraj Prabodh came back strongly and saved 3 set points in the first set and make it 6 games all. Finally Dalwinder used his experience and won the set in tie break 7-6(3).

In the second set Suraj Prabodh played in a solid form and took the set 6-2. In the final set Dalwinder get back into the rhythm and won the final set and match 6-2 without getting much pressure. Ishaque Eqbal will play against Dalwinder Singh in the singles final tomorrow,

Dalwinder Singh and Suraj Prabodh lift men’s double title. They defeated Parth Aggarwal and Ishaque Eqbal in a closed contestant 3 setter match 6-2, 5-7, 10-5 in the Men’s doubles Finals.

Results: Men’s singles (semi-finals): Ishaque Eqbal (WB) [1] bt. Neeraj Yashpaul (CH) [4] 6-4, 6-3, Dalwinder Singh (PB) [2] bt. Suraj R Prabodh (KA) 7-6(3), 2-6, 6-2,

Men’s doubles (inals): Dalwinder Singh (PB) / Suraj Prabodh (KA) bt. Parth Aggarwal (DL) / Ishaque Eqbal (WB) [4] 6-2, 5-7, 10-5.