Sinha, Mihika win titles

Wildcard entrant Nitin Kumar Sinha and Mihika Yadav emerged champions in the boys and girls singles event at the HCL Asian Junior Tennis Championship here today.
In the boys final, 294th-ranked India No 2 junior player, Sinha from Bengal, outlasted 196th-ranked Chin Christian Didier of Malaysia 6-4 4-6 6-2 in a two hour 20 minutes tussle.
"Playing at Balewadi courts with the Davis Cup practise squad helped me a lot. I was advised by senior players to play aggressive and It helped me a lot," said Sinha after clinching the boys' title.
In the girls' final Maharashtra's Mihika asserted her supremacy by surging to a 6-3 6-3 win over top-seeded, 49th ranked Indian compatriot Mahak Jain to be crowned as the new Asian Junior Champion.

Kolkata boy Sinha will now move to 73 in the world after gaining 180 ITF points in becoming the new Asian Junior Champion.
Mihika Yadav will move to top 32 in the world, while beaten finalist Mahak will climb to 25 in the world junior ranking.
It will be for the first time that 3 girls from India - Zeel Desai, Mahak Jain and Mihika Yadav - will be in the top 40 rankings in the world when the ITF rankings are announced next week.