Hyderabad: Hyderabad’s Gaurav Kurva and Kriti Parikh were crowned champions in the boys’ and girls’ categories respectively at the all-India ranking Talent Series under-14 tennis tournament, played at the GMR Tennis Academy in Hyderabad.
Gaurav downed a fighting K. Ashish Anand 7-5, 6-4 in the boys final while Kriti defeated P. Lasya 6-4, 6-3 in the girls’ final. Gaurav and Ashish both hit the ground running in the summit clash. Both boys matched each other stroke for stroke. It took a special effort from Gaurav, when the scores were tied at 5-5 in the first set, to break his opponent’s serve.
He then served out to win the first set. In the second set, he effected an early break of serve and held on to his advantage to win 6-4 and with it, the match. Things went smoother for Kriti in the girls’ title round. After an initial fight, Lasya surrendered the first set 4-6 to Kriti, who rode on her momentum to quickly win the second set 6-3 and lift the trophy.
Earlier, in the semifinals, both Kriti and Lasya registered 6-3, 6-3 victories in their respective matches. While Kriti got the better of M. Sahithi Reddy, Lasya proved too good for Smriti Bhasin.
Among boys, Gaurav breezed past P. Koushik Venkat while Ashish struggled before scripting a comeback to defeat Nitin Nagaraju 1-6, 6-4 (10-1)
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