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Khelo tennis: Manish wins Boys U-21 singles

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Press Trust of India Pune
Last Updated : Jan 19 2019 | 9:00 PM IST

Sureshkumar Manish of Tamil Nadu used his all-round ability to negate an aggressive Dhruv Sunish of Maharashtra 6-3, 6-3 in the boys U-21 tennis final, while Prerna Vichare of Maharashtra outlasted Priyanshi Bhandari of Gujarat 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 in the girls U-17 final of the Khelo India Youth Games here on Saturday.

A day earlier, Prerna had won the Girls' Doubles and thus completed a double.

Emulating her, Dev Javia, winner of Under-17 singles, partnered Krish Patel to win the Boys Under-17 double and grabbed a second gold, a media release said.

Dhruv, who won the boys' U-21 doubles along with Armaan Bhatia on Friday, was eyeing a second gold in the U-21 singles final. But he had to settle for a silver medal.

Meanwhile, Gujarat bagged two gold medals in doubles.

Gujarat's Zeel Desai and Vaidehi Chaudhary outplayed Telangana's Rashmika Bhamidipaty and Humera Shaik6-3, 6-2 in the girls U-21 doubles final.

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In the boy's U-17 doubles gold medal match, Gujarat's Dev Javiaand Krish Patel beat Haryana's Sushant Dabas and Divesh Gahlot 6-3, 2-6, 13-11 (super tiebreak)in a thrilling encounter.

It was Javia's second gold of the games after his U-17 singles title on Friday, the release added.

Results: Boys U-21 singles final:Sureshkumar Manish (TN) bt Dhruv Sunish (Mah) 6-2, 6-0

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First Published: Jan 19 2019 | 9:00 PM IST

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