Pari Chavan of Vissanji Academy (Andheri) and Aditya Iyer of Dhirubai Ambani School (BKC) won the girls' and boys' U-14 singles crowns respectively in the Mumbai Schools Sports Association-organised inter-school lawn tennis championship at the Schools Sports Centre's tennis courts yesterday. In the girls' final, Pari, 13, dashed the aspirations of Alisha Deogaonkar of Learners Academy (Bandra) as she clinched a 8-2 victory in the 8-points-to-win contest.

Steady Aditya
Aditya, 13, played steadily and was in complete control against an error-prone Omar Sumar of Fazlani School (Mazgaon) and charged to an 8-3 triumph. The tall and lanky Pari chased down every ball from Alisha and managed to keep it in play. In contrast, Alisha was not at her best and struggled with her service and failed to hold her serve even once. Pari waited patiently for the openings and capitalised on the unforced errors of Alisha to run away to victory.