CHANDIGARH: Top seed Shanker Heisnam and Chandan Shivaraj lifted the boys under-18 doubles title in the CLTA-AITA National Series Tennis Tournament for Boys and Girls under-18 at the Sector 10 Tennis Stadium, Sector 10, here today.
They defeated J Prasannakumar Deorukhakar and Jay Prakash Pawar of Maharashtra 6-0, 6-4.in the final.
Sia Mahajan and Shatakshika Sahayak won the girls under-18 doubles title after beating Radha Sadhra and Rubani Kaur Sidhu in a closed contestant match 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-5.
CLTA trainee and third seed Shanker Heisnam and sixth seed Jatin Nain of Haryana advanced into singles final in the boys under-18. Fenesta National Champion of Boys under-16 Shanker Heisnam upset top seed Chandan Shivaraaj of Karnataka in a three- setter marathon match 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
After the set down Shanker came back strongly with his powerful forehand to beat Chandan Shivaraaj. After 4 games all Shanker broke Chandan’s serve in 9 game and served for the second set. Shanker played solid match in 10th game and took the second set 6-4.
In the final set Shanker came with high energetic game and maintained his momentum, finally Shanker closed the third set and match 6-3 without getting much pressure.
In the second semifinals match sixth seed Jatin Nain of Haryana overpowered Yashasvi Balhara of Chandigarh 6-2, 6-4 in straight sets. Shanker will play against Jain Nain in boys under-18 singles final tomorrow.
Another CLTA Trainees third seed Shatakshika Sahayak and fourth seed Rubani Kaur Sidhu also advanced into final in the Girls under-18 singles. Third seed Shatakshika defeated Devasjree Shailesh of Maharashtra 7-5, 6-4 in straight sets. Shatakshita Sahayak played top quality tennis and maintained her consistency throughout the match.
Shatakshika will play against Rubani Kaur Sidhu in Girls under-18 singles final tomorrow. Rubani Kaur Sidhu upset top seed Ananya Dhankar of Haryana in straight sets 6-4, 7-5.
Rubani maintained her momentum and played good tennis throughout the match.
Results (semi-finals):
Boys under-18 singles: Shanker Heisnam (MN) [3] bt. Chandan Shivaraj (KA) [1] 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, Jatin Nain (HR) [6] bt. Yashasvi Balhara (CH) [10] 6-2, 6-4,
Girls under-18 singles: ubani Kaur Sidhu (PB) [4] bt. Ananya Dhankhar (HR) [1] 6-4, 7-5, Shatakshika Sahayak (UP) [3] bt. Devashree Shailesh Mahadeshwar (MH) [9] 7-5, 6-4.
Boys under-18 doubles (finals):Shanker Heisnam (MN) / Chandan Shivaraj (KA) [1] bt. J. Prasannakumar Deorukhakar (MH) / Jay Prakash Pawar (MH) 6-0, 6-4
Girls under-18 doubles (finals):Sia Mahajan (HP)/ Shatakshika Sahayak (UP) [4] bt. Radha Sadhra (HP) / Rubani Kaur Sidhu (PB) 6-7(4), 6-4, 10-5