Jay Clarke of Great Britain lifts singles title

 

 Jay Clarke (of Britain lifts singles title

 CHANDIGARH, MARCH 16          

Top seed Jay Clarke of Great Britain won the singles title of M15 Chandigarh ITF World Tour Tennis Men’s (US$-15K prize money Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

. Jay Clarke (GBR) defeated third seed of Woobin Shin (KOR) in a 3 setter marathon match 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-0. Jay Clarke and Woobin Shin played high level tennis. Jay Clarke won the first set in tie break, in the second set Woobin Shin of Korea came back strongly and took the  set 6-4. In the final set Jay Clarke lift his level of game and played a high energetic game, finally Jay Clarke won the set and match without conceding a single game 6-0.

 Mr. Vishav Bandhu Monga, Chief State Coordinator, HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited; and. Sudhir Rajpal, IAS, Honorary Secretary  distributed the prizes to the winners and runners-up of Men’s doubles event.

Filiberto Fumagalli (ITA) and his partner Aryan Lakshmanan (IND) upset second seed S D Prajawal Dev (IND) / Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) in the 3 setter match 2-6, 6-4, 11-9 in the Men’s doubles final.

Men’s Singles  (final): Jay Clarke (GBR) [1] bt. Woobin Shin (KOR) [3] 7-6(5), 4-6, 6-0.

Semi-finals:    Jay Clarke (GBR) [1] bt. Stefan Vujic (AUS) 6-3, 7-6(3), Woobin Shin (KOR) [3] bt. Ishaque Eqbal (IND) 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(2) 

 Men’s Doubles (final):Filiberto Fumagalli (ITA)/ Aryan Lakshmanan (IND) bt. S D Prajawal Dev (IND) / Nitin Kumar Sinha (IND) [2] 2-6, 6-4, 11-9.

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