Top seed of the tournament SD Prajwal Dev lost out to his doubles partner Nitin Sinha at M25 Bhopal
Top seed of the tournament SD Prajwal Dev lost out to his doubles partner Nitin Sinha, who marched into the finals in a tough semifinals match of men’s singles event of USD 30 K World tennis Tour ITF at Arera Club Bhopal.. Dev won the first set, but could not cope with the steady and consistent pressure mounted by Nitin who went on to win the match 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.
Digvijay Pratap Singh(5) also entered the finals due to injury to Siddhant Banthia.
In one of the best doubles finals witnessed in ITF history at Arera Club, the lively pair of Aryan Shah and Atharv Sharma came back from being down 1-6 to win the coveted doubles title beating the much higher ranked pair of SD Prajwal Dev and Nitin Sinha in a gruelling three setter which was full of excitement The Aryan and Atharv pair set the early loss aside to take the title through their jumping jack acts. The pressure did not affect them as they kept smiling all through the match.
Displaying consistency Nitin Sinha (IND) defeated the top seed to enter the final. Picture courtesy: Raman Kalika
The jumping jack act by Aryan Shah and Atharva kept the pressure away and the smiling pair took the doubles trophy. Picture courtesy: Raman Kalika
Aryan Shah and Atharva Sharma receiving winners trophy from Dr. HS Pabla while the tournament director MS Kukreja had witty questions for the players. Picture Courtesy: Raman Kalika
Manoj Singh Kukreja
Tournament Director (ITF)
