Indian sports wrap, May 6: Jeffrey and Jeetesh win titles at AITA Junior Championship Series
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Jeffrey and Jeetesh win titles at AITA Junior Championship Series
Jeffrey Kushwin and Jeetesh Kumari won the boys and girls titles respectively in the AITA Championship series junior tennis organised at the MM Public School, Pitampura.
Jeffrey beat Anmol Saini in three sets, while Jeetesh Kumari beat Neelakshi Lather in straight sets in the finals.
Lakshay Dahiya who had lost the singles semifinals to Anmol in three sets, won the doubles title in partnership with Sameer Gulia.
– Kamesh Srinivasan
The results:
Under-18 boys (final): Jeffrey Kushwin bt Anmol Saini 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Semifinals: Jeffrey bt Kartik Uttam 6-3, 6-2; Anmol bt Lakshay Dahiya 5-7, 6-1, 6-2.
Doubles (final): Lakshay Dahiya & Sameer Gulia bt Shubham Sehrawat & Tanmay Mittal 6-3, 6-4.
Under-18 girls (final): Jeetesh Kumari bt Neelakshi Lather 6-1, 7-5; Semifinals: Jeetesh bt Miraya Agarwal 6-4, 6-1; Neelakshi bt Shivangi Sharma 6-1, 6-1.