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Vishwakarma beats veteran Kirrtane to win title

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Press Trust of India Mumbai
Siddarth Vishwakarma of Delhi today won his first career men's singles title by stopping veteran Pune player Nitten Kirrtane 6-1 7-6(2) in the MSLTA-ATT Tennis Tournament (M3) organised by Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association at their courts here.

Vishwakarma employed his variety of play and better ground-strokes to dominate the first set comfortably before his 42-year-old rival started his fight-back in the second set.

Left-hander Kirrtane intensified his attack to put his Delhi rival to the test and fought back from a break down to force the tie-break.

In the tie break, Vishakarma played strongly to win it 7-2 and wrap up the match in just over an hour and half.
 

"This is my first Asian title. I like the tournament and the way it was organised by MSLTA. It was a good opportunity for me to get international exposure. It feels so good to have the trophy in my hands," said the title winner.

Vishwakarma got a trophy and Rs 59,958, while runner-up Kirrtane got trophy and Rs 39,972.

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First Published: Sep 28 2016 | 5:32 PM IST

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