Dalvi,Niture crowned PMDTA champions

Yashraj Dalvi and Akanksha Niture both form Pune won the boys and girls singles titles trophy,respectively,at the Pune Metropolitan District Tennis Association (PMDTA) under-10 state ranking tennis tournament. The tournament was organised by PMDTA at the Balewadi tennis courts.

In the finals of the two-day event,Dalvi accounted for Mayank Doshi 5-3,4-1. Dalvi dominated right from the beginning and secured the wins with some accurate ground strokes. Akanksha Niture scraped past a fighting Smita Walvekar 4-2,5-4 (7-2) to win the title in a match which went right down to the wire.

The prizes were given away by PMDTA secretary Sunder Iyer,chief referee N Rajshekaran and MSLTA supervisor Avanee Gosavi.

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Boys: Mayank Doshi beat Leston Vaz 6-2: Yashraj Dalvi beat Sanmay Gandhi 6-4: Final: Yashraj Dalvi beat Mayank Doshi 5-3 4-1

Girls: Akanksha Niture beat Malika Marathe 6-1: Smita Walvekar beat Sudipta Kumar 6-5(7-2): Final: Akanksha Niture beat Smita Walvekar 4-2,5-4(7-3)