Verma and Radhika Vasudeva win tennis titles

 

CHANDIGARH, DEC 16

  CLTA trainees Verma and Radhika Vasudeva won singles titles in the CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-3) Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

Second seed Navya Verma upset the top seed Aryan Thakur in straight sets in the boys under-16 singles final. Navya Verma played a very intelligent and consistent game and there was a lot of variation in his shots, Navya won the first^t set 6-3. In the second set Navya was leading 3-0 but Aryan Thakur came back strongly and took the next three games in a row and made it 3-3. Navya however refocused on his game and closed the 2^nd set and the match 6-3. 

In the girls under-16 singles finals another CLTA trainee, Radhika Vasudeva upset the top seed Harleen Kaur Dhanda 6-4, 7-5. Radhika played a lot of variations in her ground strokes and used her shots intelligently to beat Harleen Kaur Dhanda 6-4 in the first  set. In the second set both players played good quality tennis. Finally Radhika overcame Harleen and won the 2^nd set and match 7-5 in a close contested match.   

Dr. Reet Mahinder Singh, Member Executive and Mr. Romen Singh, Chief Coach, CLTA distributed the prizes to the winners and runners-up of both the events.

Results  -

Boys under-16 singles (final): Navya Verma [2] bt. Aryan Thakur [1] 6-3, 6-3

 

Girl’s under-16 singles (final): Radhika Vasudeva [2] bt. Harleen Kaur Dhanda [1] 6-4, 7-5.

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