Veena,Ayushi bag doubles crown

State players Veena Singh and Ayushi Yadav outclassed Moksha Thukral (UP) and Bakul Negi (Delhi) by 6-1,6-1 in the final to bag the top honours in the girls under-16 doubles event of the AITA All India Talent Series Tennis Tournament being held at SDS Academy,Lucknow. An upset was caused in the boys under-16 singles event semi-finals when fourth seeded player Vijyansh Sachdeva beat top seed Himanshu Sagar by 7-5,6-2. Shubhi Dwivedi (seed-3) caused a slight upset when she beat top seed Ayushi Yadav by 6-4,5-7,6-4 in the girls under-16 singles semi-finals.

The Results:Girls Under-16 Doubles: Final: Veena Singh (UP)/ Ayushi Yadav (UP) bt Moksha Thukral (UP)/ Bakul Negi (Dli) 6-1,6-1; Boys Under-16 Singles: Semi-finals: Vijyansh Sachdeva (Dli; Seed-4) beat Himanshu Sagar (Dli; Seed-1) 7-5,6-2; Gautam Anand (UP; Seed-2) bt Vishnu Prasad (Dli; Seed-3) 3-6,7-5,6-2;

Boys Under-12 Singles: Semi-finals: Yash Yadav (MP; Seed-1) bt Ankit Rao (Har) 6-2,6-2; Sanchit Sikka (UP; Seed-3) bt Srijan Singh (UP; Seed-7) 6-0,0-6,6-2;

Girls Under-16 Singles: Semi-finals: Shubhi Dwivedi (UP; Seed-3) bt Ayushi Yadav (UP; Seed-1) 6-4,5-7,6-4; Veena Singh (UP) bt Ashna Agarwal (UP) 6-2,6-4; Girls Under-12 Singles: Semi-finals: Bakul Negi (Dli; Seed-1) bt Yashi Saxena (UP) 9-1; Moksha Thukral (UP; Seed-2) bt Somya Singh (UP; Seed-3) 9-4; Boys Under-16 Doubles: Semi-finals: Arpit Gupta (Uta)/ Ankush Rawat (Uta) bt Himanshu Sagar (Dli)/ Shivam Dabas (Dli) 6-2,6-4; Vishu Prasad (Dli)/ Devansh Mani (UP) bt Gautam Anand (UP)/ Sukrat Kashyap (UP) 6-1,3-6,6-4.