Written by: Express News Service
2 min readLucknowNov 12, 2011 04:42 AM IST
First published on: Nov 12, 2011 at 04:42 AM IST
sports,puneTalented player BR Nikshep bagged a double crown in the Asian under-14 series tennis tournament which came to a close at Oudh Gymkhana Club Courts,Lucknow on Friday.
Top seeded Nikshep defeated unseeded Paramveer Singh Bajwa 7-5,7-5 in the boys singles finals. Later,pairing with Alex Solanki he beat Bijay Mohanty and Aryan Goveas 5-4(7),4-0 to win the boys doubles crown as well.
In the girls singles finals,Pranjala Yadlapalli (seed-2) defeated Himani Mor 6-2,6-1. In the girls doubles final,the pair of Vanshika Sawhney and Himani Mor beat Karman Kaur and Jennifer Luikham 4-1,5-3.
The Results:
Boys singles final: BR Nikshep (Ind; seed-1) beat Paramveer Singh Bajwa (Ind) 7-5,7-5;
Girls singles final: Pranjala Yadlapalli (Ind; seed-2) beat Himani Mor (Ind) 6-2,6-1;
Girls doubles semi-finals: Himani Mor/ Vanshika Sawhney (Ind) upset Pranjala Yadlapalli/ Sruta Kirti Gunaganti (Ind; seed-1) 9-3; Karman Kaur/ Jennifer Luikham (Ind; seed-4) upset Eeshita Pandey/ Aboli Goghari (Ind; seed-2) 9-3;
Boys doubles semi-finals: Alex Solanki/ BR Nikshep (India; seed no-1) beat Ishaque Eqbal/ Shree Krishna (Ind) 9-8(3); Aryan Goveas/ Bijay Mohanty (Ind; seed-2) beat Paramveer Bajwa/ Rian Pandole (India) 9-7;
Girls doubles final: Vanshika Sawhney/ Himani Mor (Ind) beat Karman Kaur/ Jennifer Luikham (Ind) 4-1,5-3;
Boys doubles final: BR Nikshep/ Alex Solanki (Ind; seed-1) beat Bijay Mohanty/ Aryan Goveas (Ind) 5-4(7),4-0.
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