Tennis tourney: Jain, Vishwakarma emerge champions

Representational PictureMadhya Pradeshs Mahak Jain and Chhattisgarhs Siddharth Vishwakarma today claimed the womens and mens singles titles respectively in the AITA Ranking JVPG Anirudh Desai AllIndia Open Tennis Tournament 2018 here The womens final a contest between 16yearolds saw top seed Jain fight hard to smother the challenge from sixth seed Humera Shaikh of Telangana and secure a 75 60 triumph a media release saidIn the mens final Vishwakarma romped to a 62 64 win against Andhra Pradeshs Prenamallur Vignesh Both Jain and Vishwakarma received trophies and Rs two lakh each it added Humera showed promise at the start and did well to break Mahak early in the third game The MP girl replied strongly by breaking Humeras serve in the fourth but she once again committed a series of unforced errors and dropped serve for the second time as Humera raced to a 43 lead However the doughty display from Mahak earned her a crucial break in a long eight game which ensured she leveled scores at 4allThe marathon eighth game which witnessed as many as eight deuces seemed to have drained the energy out of the Telangana girl Mahak earned another break in the 12thgame to clinch the first set The second set turned out to be a onesided affair which Mahak completely dominating to ran away to a 60 win and emerge champion In the mens final 23yearold seventh seed Siddharth played aggressively from the startAlthough the 30yearold Vignesh tried to put up a fight he was not quite up to the task as the Chhattisgarh player raced to victory Meanwhile Anirudh Chandrasekar of Telangana and Peranamallur Vighnesh combined well to overcome the Tamil Nadu pair of Manish Sureshkumar and Prithvi Sekhar in a long drawn mens doubles final winning the super tiebreaker to snatch a 64 46 119 triumph and and the winners cash award of Rs 100000 Rs 50000 each the release said Earlier Niki Poonacha of Andhra Pradesh and Rishika Sunkara of Delhi defeated Paras Dahiya of Haryana and Eetee Maheta of Gujarat 63 64 to claim the mixed doubles crownResults Womens singles finals1Mahak Jain MP bt 6Humera Shaikh TS 75 60 Mens singles semifinals 7Siddharth Vishwakarma CG bt Prenamallur Vignesh AP 62 64Mens doubles finals Anirudh Chandrasekar TS Peranamallur Vighnesh AP bt Manish Sureshkumar TN Prithvi Sekhar TN 64 46 119Mixed doubles finals Niki Poonacha APRishika Sunkara DL bt Paras Dahiya HREetee Maheta GJ 63 64Catch up on all the latest sports news and updates hereDownload the new midday Android and iOS apps to get updates on all the latest and trending stories on the go