Rohit Bisht claims U-16, U-14 titles

Mumbai, May 5 (UNI) Rohit Bisht of Delhi completed a brilliant campaign when he clinched the boys' under-16 and under-14 titles, in the All India National Series and Maharashtra State Ranking Tennis Tournament 2007, which concluded here today.

Seeded No 7 in the under-16 category, Bisht overcame an early setback to rally to a 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory over No 3 Samip Mehta of Gujarat.

He capped a magnificent run in the tournament when as the No 1 seed in the under-14 category, he beat Digvijay Singh of Himachal Pradesh 6-4, 6-2.

Fifth seed Rashmi Teltumbde of Maharashtra was the surprise girls' under-16 winner after beating Carol Augustine of Delhi, while girls' under-14 top seed Shweta Rana of Delhi lived up to her reputation following a straight sets triumph over No 2 Sharon Paul of Tamil Nadu.

Results: Finals : Nat. Series: Boys U-16: 7-Rohit Bisht (Del) bt 3-Samip Mehta (Guj) 1-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Boys U-14: 1-Rohit Bisht (Del) bt 10-Digvijay Singh (HP) 6-4, 6-2.

Girls U-16: 5-Rashmi Teltumbde (Mah) bt Carol Augustine (Del) 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles: Garima Vatwani/Shivani Singh bt Treta Bhattacharya/Shweta Rana 7-5, 6-2.

Girls U-14: 1-Shweta Rana (Del) bt 2-Sharon S. Paul (TN) 6-3, 6-4.

Doubles: Sansitha Nandkumar/Natasha Palha bt Teertha Iska/Bhavana Suresh 6-0, 6-2. Mah. State Ranking: Boys U-12: 1-Rohan Bhatia bt 7-Nikhil Kannan 6-0, 6-0.

Boys U-10: 1-Nikhil Passi bt 2-Nikhil Kannan 6-3, 6-4.

Girls U-12: 1-Snehadevi S. Reddy bt Bharati Bylapudi 6-1, 6-0.

Girls U-10: 1-Nandini Das bt 2-Harleen Wadhwa 9-2.

Boys U-8: Sunish Dhruv bt Vastin Thakkar 6-3.

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