Gandharv Gourav Kothapalli of Kar, Parthsarthi Arun Mundhe of Maha, annexe Boys, Girls titles
While Gourav halted the fairy tale run of Qualifier Rohith Hari Balaji of Tamil Nadu winning 6-4, 6-3
for the Boy's crown, Mundhe quelled a late challenge from Akansha Ghosh of West Bengal before winning 6-1, 7-5 to bag the Girl's title.
The winners received 200 AITA points and the Runners Up 150 points.
The Boys finals was a battle between firm solid groundstrokes of qualifier Rohith Hari Balaji and the crafty game of Gandharv Gourav Kothapalli.
Both the players had a solid start and were level at 3-all. Gandharv broke Rothih in the 8th game to take a 5-3 lead and served for the set, but Rohit broke him back to make it 5-4. Gandharv served well in the 10th game and took the first set 6-4.
In the second set Gandharv played positive tennis to gain a 5-2 lead and win the set 6-3 to be crowned Champion.
In the Girls final, fifth seed 15-year-old Parthsarthi Arun Mundhe displayed tremendous maturity to outplay unseeded 16-year-old Akansha Ghosh to win in straight sets.
In the first set Parthsarthi playing fluently and ran away to 5-1 lead in a hurry breaking her nervous opponent's serve twice to close out the set 6-1.
In the second set Akansha Ghosh stroked with more confidence, while Parthsarthi varied her tactics, slowed the game and followed up with strong groundstrokes and her double handed backhand was
a treat to watch.
The players were level at 5-all when Akansha became error prone and Mundhe kept her cool to win the set 7-5 and become a deserving champion.
Results :
Finals :
Boys Singles :
Gandharv Gourav Kothapalli (KA) Bt Rohith Hari Balaji (TN) 6-4 6-3.
Girls Singles :
Parthsarthi Arun Mundhe (MH) Bt Akansha Ghosh (WB) 6-1 7-5.
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