Manipur’s Shanker Heisnam and Maharashtra’s Prisha Shinde caused big upsets to clinch titles in their respective categories in the 28th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship on Saturday.
The No. 16 seed Shanker displayed excellent baseline play and defeated seventh seed Thirumurugan V of Tamil Nadu 6-1 6-2 in straight sets to win the boys singles U-16 title.
Prisha won the girls’ singles U-14 title, beating sixth seed Anandita Upadhyay 6-1 6-2.
Telangana’s Rishitha Basireddy won the girls’ singles U-16 title after getting the better of Aishi Bisht of Delhi 6-4 6-3 in an exciting encounter that saw some ferocious forehands by both the players.
Top seed Hruthik Katakam of Telangana also shone brightly on the court as he defeated Karnataka’s Prakaash Sarran 6-4 6-3 to win the boys’ singles U-14 title.
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