Balaganesh, Naba emerge champions

By NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Naba Nishan completed her dream run at SAT SportsAITA CS7 U-14 tennis tournament annexing the girls singles title at the SAT Sports Academy courts here on Friday. In the final, the 12-year-old, who entered the main draw encounters as a qualifier, defeated Archisha Ghosh in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 to emerge as the champion.

In the boys category, eighth seed Balaganesh Patel caused a minor upset when he won a hard fought battle against second seed Diganth M with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory to take the boys crown. He also completed a golden double when he joined hands with Darsh HK to lift the doubles title.

Results: finals (seeding in prefix, states unless Karnataka in brackets): Boys (Singles) U-14: 8-Balaganesh Patel bt 2-Diganth M 4-6, 6-2, 6-4; Doubles: Balaganesh Patel/Darsh HK bt 2-Mohit N Reddy/ Ayaan Tareen 6-3, 4-6, 1 0 - 8 ; Girls: Singles : Naba Nishan bt Archisha Ghosh 6-4, 6-2; Doubles: Srishti Kiran/Thanu Vishwas bt Indusha N/Kasturi VG 6-2, 6-2.