Underdogs shock more fancied opponents

Bengaluru: Top seed Praneeth Reddy and fifth seed Karthika Padmakumar were crowned as the champions in the Boys and Girls categories respectively in the FSA AITA CS7 Under-12 tourney that concluded at the Fortune Sports Academy here on Saturday.

Praneeth looked a better player in all the departments of the game against his rival Ruhan Komandur, who has had a brilliant run of nine consecutive match victories before succumbing in the final. The final scoreline read 6-3, 6-1 in Praneeth’s favour.

The Girls final was more keenly contested with Ritisha putting up a defiant show against the fancied Karthika. After the first set was resolved via a tie-breaker which Karthika won and gained momentum to take control of the second set too. However, Ritisha fought back to level at 3 before losing control once again to lose 4-6.