Digvijay wins under-14 and under-16 AITA championship

Chandigarh, Apr 27 (UNI) Top seeded Digvijay Singh Mehta of Himachal Pradesh claimed a golden double by winning the boys under-16 as well as under-14 singles title in the AITA Championship Series Tennis Tournament at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium here today.

In both finals, Digvijay played remarkable rallies to emerge a winner.

In the boys under-16 singles final, Digvijay prevailed over second seed Mandeep Singh Gill of Chandigarh 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. Down by a set, Digvijay Mehta rallied hard to return to form to down Gurinder Singh of Punjab 4-6, 6-1, 6-1 in the under-14 final.

Unseeded Ikttesh Chahal of Chandigarh defeated Likhita Shetty of Karnataka by 4-6, 6-1, 7-5 in the girls under-16 final, while Mehak Singh got the better of Jaanesh Kaur of Chandigarh 2-6, 6-0, 6-3 in girls under-16 final.

Results (all finals): Girls under-14 singles: Ikttesh Chahal (Chandigarh) bt Likhita Shetty (Karnataka) 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.

Girls Under-16 singles: Mehak Singh (Chandigarh) bt Jaanesh Kaur (Chandigarh) 2-6, 6-0, 6-3.

Boys Under-16 singles: Digvijay S Mehta (Himachal Pradesh) bt Mandeep S Gill (Chandigarh) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Boys Under-14 singles: Digvijay S. Mehta (Himachal Pradesh) bt Gurinder Singh (Punjab) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1.

Boys Under-14 doubles: Sudhir Tanwar (Delhi)&Archit Sood (Punjab) bt Ajay Yadav (Chandigarh)&Maninder Singh (Haryana) 6-0, 6-7 (1), 10-6.

Boys Under-16 doubles: Akshat Joshi (Chandigarh)&Anubhav Chaudhary (Delhi) beat Ashwani Kumar (Chandigarh)&Mandeep S Gill (Chandigarh) 1-0, (Retd Hurt) Girls Under-16 doubles: Noor Paul (Chandigarh)&Shipla Naruka (Chandigarh) bt Prabhamrit Kaur (Chandigarh)&Saumya Sanghi (Delhi) 3-6, 6-1, 10-4.

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