Snehal Mane in line for ITF double crown in Mauritius

Indian girl Snehal Mane placed herself in line for a double crown by reaching the finals of the girls singles and doubles at the Petit Camp Cup Under 18 Grade 4 ITF tennis championships being played in Mauritius.
Pune-based Snehal, who is a member of the MSLTA Vision Programme and supported by Lakshya-Bharat Forge, upset second seed Venia Yeung of Hong Kong 7-6(2) 6-0 in the semifinals to enter the singles title clash, a media release said.
The junior college student would take on her doubles partner and top seed Julia Vulpio of the Dominican Republic in the final. The latter scraped past eighth seed Charmaine Shi Yi Seah of Singapore 7-6(5) 7-6(2) in the other semifinal.

Snehal subdued Samantha Johnson of South Africa 6-2 6-2 in round one, got the better of Wing Kiu Jacqueline Lam of Hong Kong 6-1 6-2 in the second round before taming local girl and fourth seed Amelie Boy 7-6 (8) 6-4 in the quarterfinals.
Snehal and Vulpio are the top seeds in the doubles and would clash with second seeded Hong Kong pair Alvina Lai and Venia Yeung in the final.
In the semifinals, Snehal and Vulpio outclassed Maxine Ng (Sin)/Su-Yi WU (Tpe) 6-1 6-3.