Devpriya, Bhavani win U-18 singles titles

Patna, November 8, 2010: Devpriya Jaiswal of Bihar clinched the boys’ U-18 singles title of the AITA ranking tournament defeating state-mate Adamya Vikrant 6-0, 6-1 at the Patliputra Colony courts here on Monday.

With this win Devpriya earned a grand double in the tournament. Earlier, Devpriya pairing with Adamya won the U-18 boys doubles title beating the UP-Rajasthan pair of Armaan Banerjee and Neeraj Choudhray 6-4, 4-6, (10-7) on Sunday.

Bhavani Balakumar of Tamil Nadu claimed the U-18 girls’ singles title defeating Sripriya Sarraf of Bihar 6-2, 6-4. Neeraj Choudhary of Rajasthan won the boys’ U-16 crown after beating Aadamya Vikrant of Bihar 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in a three-set thriller.

Other results: Boys’ U-16 doubles final: Armaan Banerjee (UP) and Neeraj Choudhray (Raj) beat Adamya Vikrant (Bih) and Venkat Siddharth (Bih) 7-5, 7-6.

Girls’ U-18 doubles final: Akansha Das (Asm) and Srijita Ghosh (WB) beat Shruti Jaiswal (Bihar) and Bhavani Bala Kumar (TN) 6-4, 6-4.

Pix Top: Devpriya Jaiswal

Pix Bottom: Bhavani Balakumar

Source: BLTA