Raghav,Jaspreet lifts singles titles of AITA Tennis Tourney

Chandigarh, June 15 (UNI) Raghav Singhal of Chandigarh and Jaspreet Kaur of Ludhiana won the boys and girls Under-16 singles titles, respectively in the AITA Talent Series Tennis Tournament, organised by the Chandigarh Lawn Tennis Association here today.

Raghav, performing consistently well in the tournament, took 95 minutes to prevail over erratic but big server Suraj Beniwal of Hisar in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 at the central court.

Chandigarh claimed their second singles in the boys Under-12 category as top-seeded Nischay Rawal overpowered Ranjeet Singh, a trainee of CLTA-Army Scheme, winning the game 6-4, 6-3. Ranjeet committed a number of unforced errors and squandered some easy chances in the entire match to come back to the game.

Meanwhile, in the girls Under-16 category Jaspreet of Jassowal got the better of Rajvir Kaur of Chandigarh, winning the match 6-4, 6-0.

In the doubles encounters, Suraj Beniwal (Haryana) and Manoj Kumar (Chandigarh) won the boys Under-16 doubles title by beating local duo of Nischay Rawal and Srijjan Uppal in straight sets 6-4, 6-2 here this evening.

Due to the morning rains, the finals were postponed to the afternoon session.

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