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Nikhit and Nilsson win titles

HYDERABAD: A. Nikhit won the boys under-18 singles title defeating Pradeep Deswal 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7) in the final of the AITA Talent Series tennis tournament organised by Ranga Reddy District Association at DRC Kiron Academy here on Friday.

In the girls' under-18 final, Ann Christin Nilsson clinched honours defeating P. Rashmitha Reddy 4-1, 4-2.

The results:

Final: Boys: Under-14: S. D. Prajwal Dev bt Abhinav Macedo 4-2, 2-4, 5-4 (7-5).

Under-18: Adusumilli Nikhit bt Pradeep Deswal 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (9-7).

Doubles: Pradeep Deswal & Taran Ramaiah bt Ch.V. Ajith Pandaya & A. Venkatesh Prasad 6-3, 2-6, 10-5.

Girls: Under-14: Y. Pranjala bt Bindiya Khanwani 4-0, 4-0. Under-18: Ann Christin Nilsson bt P. Rashmitha Reddy 4-1, 4-2. Doubles: Y. Pranjala & P. Rashmitha Reddy bt C. Sravya Shivani & Rithika Bazar 9-1 .

Natarajan in final

Chinni Natarajan defeated Subrahmanyam 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the 65 years & above singles semifinal of the Alapati Ravindernath Senior national (veterans) tennis tournament at SAAP Complex here today.

The results: Semifinals:

45 years & above: T P. Rajaram bt Poonacha 6-1, 7-5; Sajjad Syed Ali bt Chandra Bhusan 1-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Doubles: S. Narendranath & M. Chandrshankar bt R. Krishna & Narendra 6-2, 6-2; Praveen Bhargav & Sharath Tak bt Srinivasa Rai & K. N. V. Prasad 6-1, 6-1.

55 years & above: C.R. Gangadharan bt K. Satish 6-3, 6-4; Randhir Laxman bt Sundara Vadivelu 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles: Sundara Vadiuelu & C.R. Gangadharan bt V. Surendran & Anup Dey 6-1, 6-0; P.R. Raju & Laxman Randhir bt K. Arvind & S. Natarajan 6-2, 6-2. 65 years & above: Cherian bt K.C. Sharma 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4; Chinni Natrajan bt Subramanyam 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4.

Doubles: K. Arvind & Natarajan bt Bagaraja Rao & Mathew Thomas 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 .

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