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Gandharv Gourav Kothapalli of Kar, Parthsarthi Arun Mundhe of Maha, annexe Boys, Girls titles
Chennai, Aug 17 (UNI) Gandharv Gourav Kothapalli of Karnataka and Parthsarthi Arun Mundhe of Maharashtra annexed the Boys and Girls singles titles respectively in the finals of the Memorial National Junior U-18 Clay Court Tennis Championship here this evening.
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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