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Padmapriya, Prajwal bag double

Mysore: Local lad and top-seeded H.J. Prajwal played true to his billing and bagged a double by winning the boys' under-16 singles and doubles titles while A.K. Padmapriya of Karnataka also won a double by clinching the girls' under-16 singles and doubles titles in the AITA Talent Series tennis tournament for juniors at the MTC courts here on Thursday.

Prajwal registered a well-earned 6-3, 6-3 win over unseeded Statemate V. Pranav. Prajwal later partnered M.D. Shreyas to score a 6-1, 5-7, 6-3 win over second-seeded Karnataka pair of C.M. Kiran and Chirag S. Igoor to complete a fine double.

The results: Boys: U-16 singles: (Final): H.J. Prajwal (Kar) bt V. Pranav (Kar) 6-3, 6-3.

U-16 doubles (final): H.J. Prajwal/ M.D. Shreyas (Kar) bt C.M. Kiran/ Chirag S. Igoor (Kar) 6-1, 5-7, 6-3.

Semifinals: (best of 17 games): Kiran/ Chirag bt Karan/ B.V. Pranav 9-2; Prajwal/ Shreyas bt S. Karan/ Prunthvika Nagaraj 9-2.

U-14 singles (final): Sharan Patil (Kar) bt C.M. Kiran (Kar) 6-0, 6-2.

Girls: U-16 singles (final): A.K. Padmapriya (Kar) bt J. Kesika (TN) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3.

Semifinals: Kesika (TN) bt Sravya Reddy (AP) 6-4, 6-2; Padmapriya (Kar) bt Rachana R. Gowda (Kar) 1-6, 6-2, 6-3.

U-16 doubles (final): A.K. Padmapriya/ Rachana R. Gowda bt J. Kesika/ Shivani M.S. 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.

U-14 singles (semifinal): Rachana R. Gowda (Kar) bt Likitha Shetty (Kar) 6-4, 6-0. — Correspondent

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