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This is an archive article published on October 31, 2009

Mandeep’s dream run over,Adit claims title

After four days of dream journey,Mandeep S. Gill's dreams finally came crashing down when Adit Jain overpowered him to win the men's singles title 6-7 (5),6-0,6-1 in the final of the AITA Men and Women Rs. 50000 Ranking Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Stadium,Sector 10,on Friday.

After four days of dream journey,Mandeep S. Gill’s dreams finally came crashing down when Adit Jain overpowered him to win the men’s singles title 6-7 (5),6-0,6-1 in the final of the AITA Men and Women Rs. 50000 Ranking Tennis Tournament at the CLTA Stadium,Sector 10,on Friday.

CLTA trainee Mandeep,who had a good tournament throughout,looked at his best when he won the first set 7-6 (5) in a tie-breaker. However,as the match progressed,his performance dipped and he made couple of unforced errors which cost him dear.

Adit picked up his game in the second set and easily claimed the set 6-0. Mandeep tried to stop Adit but the Delhi lad rallied to claim the final set 6-1 to lay his hands on the title.

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Meanwhile,in the women’s singles category,Shweta Rana of Himachal overcame a stiff resistance from Gopika Kapoor to win 6-4,6-0 in the final. However,Chandigarh girl Mehak Singh brought Chandigarh a title in the form of women’s doubles title. She paired with Shweta Rana of Himachal and defeated the duo of Gopika Kapoor and Garima Vatwani 6-3,6-2 to win the title.

Lakshit Sood and Chandril Sood proved too good against Prateek Bhambri and Yogesh Phogat and went on to win the men’s doubles title 6-1,6-0.

Results:
Finals: Men: Singles: Adit Jain (DLI) (Q4) bt Mandeep S. Gill (CHD) (CLTA) (LL) 6-7 (5),6-0,6-1; Doubles: Lakshit Sood (DLI)/Chandril Sood (DLI) (3) bt Prateek Bhambri (DLI)/ Yogesh Phogat (HAR) (2) 6-1,6-0; Women: Singles: Shweta Rana (HP) (3) bt Gopika Kapoor (DLI) (8) 6-4,6-0; Doubles: Mehak Singh (CHD)/Shweta Rana (HP) bt Gopika Kapoor (DLI)/Garima Vatwani (DLI) (3) 6-3,6-2.

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