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Chandigarh, February 7
Sixth seed Naresh Badgujar rallied from a set down to beat second seed Sarthak Gandhi in the boys’ U-18 final on the concluding day of the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament here today.
Krishan finishes 2nd
Gandhi lost the opening set 4-6, but came back strongly to level the scores with a 6-0 win in the second set before wrapping up the decider 7-5 to claim the title.
In the girls’ U-18 competition, top seed Simram Pritam lived up to her billing as she packed off Radhika Vasudeva in a lop-sided final to clinch the title. Simran won 6-3 6-1.
Navya Verma ousted Anirudh Sangra in the boys’ U-16 title clash. The second seed won 6-1 6-2.
Third seed Vanya Arora, meanwhile, registered a 6-2 6-2 win over eighth seed Khaira Chetnani in the girls’ U-16 final.
Final results
Boys’ U-18: Naresh Badgujar bt Sarthak Gandhi 4-6 6-0 7-5
Boys’ U-16: Navya Verma bt Anirudh Sangra 6-1 6-2
Girls’ U-18: Simran Pritam bt Radhika Vasudeva 6-3 6-1
Girls’ U-16: Vanya Arora bt Khaira Chetnani 6-2 6-2
CLTA founder and life president Rajan Kashyap, honorary secretary Sudhir Rajpal and chief operating officer Megh Raj later gave away the prizes to the winners. — TNS
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