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Binu and Neha triumph

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Binu Mani won the men's singles title in the 63rd Trivandrum Open tennis tournament at the TTC courts here on Wednesday. In the final, Binu defeated his brother Binoj 6-2, 6-1.

Later, the brothers combined to defeat Sekhar Satish and G. Chandu 6-0, 6-3 for the doubles title.

Meanwhile, Chandu defeated Sarath Lal 6-3, 6-1 to win the U-18 singles title and later partnered A. Anand to win the doubles event.

Neha S. Nair won the women's singles title with an easy 6-3, 6-2 win over Minu R. Raju. Neha claimed the girls' U-18 singles title as well.

The results (final):

Men: Singles: Binu Mani bt Binoj Mani 6-2, 6-1. Doubles: Binu Mani & Binoj Mani bt Sekhar Satish & G. Chandu 6-0, 6-3. U-18: Singles: G. Chandu bt M.S. Sarath Lal 6-3, 6-1. Doubles: G. Chandu & A. Anand bt M.S. Sarath Lal & N.R. Abhilash 6-0, 6-2. U-12: Singles: H. Suraj bt Mohammed Hamraz 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Doubles: H. Suraj & Mohammed Hamraz bt Sachin Vinoth & Vignesh V. Gopal 10-7. U-14: Doubles: S.S. Nikhil & Akhil Raj bt H. Suraj & Mohammed Hamraz 8-7. U-16: Doubles: G.L. Vivek & M.R. Sivakumar bt Anand George & Pritish Kishore Kumar 6-4, 6-4.

Women: Singles: Neha S. Nair bt Minu R. Raju 6-3, 6-2. U-18: Neha S. Nair bt Parvathy Vijayan 7-6, 6-3. U-16: Parvathy Vijayan bt Ratnika Prasad 6-4, 6-2. U-14: Minu R. Raju bt Ratnika Prasad 6-3, 6-2. — Principal Correspondent