Alex, Mahitha win AITA crowns in style
LUCKNOW: Qualifier Alex Solanki and Mahitha Dadi Reddy won the men’s and women’s singles crowns, respectively at the AITA Tennis Tournament, notching up straight sets wins, at the SDS Tennis Academy here on Friday.
Delhi’s Alex, who has played in junior Davis Cup, proved his class by beating Rajasthan’s Arpit Sharma 6-4, 6-2 in a match where the only difficulty, he faced when holding serve at 4-4 in a game which went to four deuces. For his effort Solanki earned Rs 7,800, whereas Arpit had to satisfy with Rs 5,400.
Alex went on completing his golden double on the final day. Teaming with Men’s doubles finals Arnev Alok Goel, he defeated the duo of Tushar Madan and Yash Chaurasia 6-1, 6-2 in the men’s doubles final.
Andhra Pradesh’s Mahitha was not only the tallest player but lived up to her stature by totally out classing the top seed Kaaviya Balasubramaniam 6-0, 6-2. Mahitha with her long reach and accuracy totally blunted the power game of Kaaviya, who made 27 unforced errors. Mahitha picked up 12 ranking points from this win.
But there was some consolation for Kaaviya as she pairing with Nidhitra Raj Mohan outplayed the pair of Mahitha and
ANDHRA PRADESH’S MAHITHA WAS NOT ONLY THE TALLEST PLAYER BUT LIVED UP TO HER STATURE BY TOTALLY OUT CLASSING
THE TOP SEED KAAVIYA BALASUBRAMANIAM
Nikita Pinto 6-3, 1-6, 10-7 to wrest the women’s doubles title.
RESULTS
Men’s singles (final): Alex Solanki (Dli) bt Arpit Sharma (Raj) 6-4, 6-2; Men’s Doubles
(final): Arnev Alok Goel (UP)/ Alex Solanki (Dli) bt Tushar Madan (Dli)/Yash Chaurasia (UP) 6-1, 6-2. Women’s singles (final):
Mahitha Dadi Reddy (AP) bt Kaaviya Balasubramanian (TN) 6-0,6-1; Doubles (final): Kaaviya Balasubramaniam (TN)/ Nidhitra Raj Mohan (TN) bt Mahitha Dadi Reddy (AP)/ Nikita Pinto (Ka) 6-3, 1-6, 10-7.