New Delhi Oct 29 PTI Qualifier Sharmada Balu knocked out second seed Vaidehi Chaudhari to set up the womens singles title clash against Zeel Desai while Nikki Poonacha earned a shot at his second mens singles title at the Fenesta Open National tennis championship here on Friday Sharmada got past Vaidehi 6-4 6-3 in the semifinals while top seed Zeel did not face much challenge from Samhitha Sai Chamarthi and won her last-four match 6-2 6-2 I played really good today My opponent was no pushover but my game was in place I am happy to pull off this win and give it my best shot in the final on Saturday said Sharmada Zeel said she had to plan well for her semifinal Today I was playing a senior opponent so I had to play a much more mature game She was more experienced than me so I played mature and I was patient on the court I went through it and am looking forward to the final said Zeel In the mens singles the 2019 champion Poonacha edged out Paras Dahiya 6-1 5-7 7-5 to set up the final against Digvijay Pratap Singh who outslugged third seed Nitin Kumar Sinha 6-1 5-7 7-5 It was again a long grind today like yesterdays match I won the first set easy but then I struggled to finish it in the second But just like before I managed to keep my calm and finally managed to get the win said Digvijay PT AT AT APA APA