<p>Down in the first set, Ashutosh made a good comeback to upset fifth seed PC Vignesh of Andhra Pradesh 0-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 to win the men’s singles title.<br /><br />In the women’s singles final, Ankita got the better of Karnataka’s Sheethal Goutham, seeded fourth, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.<br /><br />Tamil Nadu duo of Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Mithun Murali bagged the men’s doubles title upsetting top seeded Delhi pair of Divij Sharan and Vivek Shokeen in a keenly fought encounter 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 11-9 that lasted 107 minutes and played over two days after yesterday’s game was stopped due to bad light.<br /><br />City girls Shivika Burman and Treta Bhattacharya annexed the women’s doubles title after beating Sheethal and Sweta Solanki of Delhi 7-6 (7-2), 1-6, 10-7 in the final.<br /><br />Down 0-6 in the first set, Ashutosh fought back in the second set. Both players held on to their serves with the set moving to tie-breaker which the Delhi lad took 7-3.<br /><br />In the decider, Ashutosh broke Vignesh in the fourth and eighth games to clinch the issue 0-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-2. <br /><br />Wild card Ankita took 105 minutes to stun her opponent from Karnataka in straight sets.<br />In the first set, Ankita broke Sheethal in the second game to race to a 4-1 lead. Sheethal then fought back and broke Ankita in the seventh and ninth games while conceding the eighth to level the set score. <br /><br />In the ninth game Ankita served two double faults at 30-40 to lose the game. But she came back strongly to take the tie-breaker 7-2.<br />Ankita was more careful in her shot selections in the second set and took five straight games to take a 5-0 lead.<br /><br />The Gujarat girl, however, could not wrap it up as she squandered a 40-15 advantage to see her serve broken. She eventually made no mistake in the eighth to win the title.<br />The men’s doubles summit clash between second seed Prashanth and Murali and top seed Sharan-Shokeen was locked one-set all when play stopped due to bad light yesterday. In the tie-breaker today, the Tamil Nadu duo won 11-9 to emerge champions.<br /><br />Results (all finals): Men: Ashutosh Singh (Delhi) bt PC Vignesh (Andhra Pradesh) 0-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-2.<br /><br />Doubles: Vijay Sundar Prashant/ Mithun Murali (Tamil Nadu) bt Divij Sharan/ Vivek Shokeen (Delhi) 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 11-9.<br /><br />Women: Ankita Raina (Gujarat) bt Sheethal Goutham (Karnataka) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.<br />Doubles: Shivika Burman/ Treta Bhattacharyya (Ben) bt Sheethal Goutham (Kar)/ Shweta Solanki (Del) 7-6 (7-2), 1-6, 10-7.</p>
<p>Down in the first set, Ashutosh made a good comeback to upset fifth seed PC Vignesh of Andhra Pradesh 0-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 to win the men’s singles title.<br /><br />In the women’s singles final, Ankita got the better of Karnataka’s Sheethal Goutham, seeded fourth, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.<br /><br />Tamil Nadu duo of Vijay Sundar Prashanth and Mithun Murali bagged the men’s doubles title upsetting top seeded Delhi pair of Divij Sharan and Vivek Shokeen in a keenly fought encounter 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 11-9 that lasted 107 minutes and played over two days after yesterday’s game was stopped due to bad light.<br /><br />City girls Shivika Burman and Treta Bhattacharya annexed the women’s doubles title after beating Sheethal and Sweta Solanki of Delhi 7-6 (7-2), 1-6, 10-7 in the final.<br /><br />Down 0-6 in the first set, Ashutosh fought back in the second set. Both players held on to their serves with the set moving to tie-breaker which the Delhi lad took 7-3.<br /><br />In the decider, Ashutosh broke Vignesh in the fourth and eighth games to clinch the issue 0-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-2. <br /><br />Wild card Ankita took 105 minutes to stun her opponent from Karnataka in straight sets.<br />In the first set, Ankita broke Sheethal in the second game to race to a 4-1 lead. Sheethal then fought back and broke Ankita in the seventh and ninth games while conceding the eighth to level the set score. <br /><br />In the ninth game Ankita served two double faults at 30-40 to lose the game. But she came back strongly to take the tie-breaker 7-2.<br />Ankita was more careful in her shot selections in the second set and took five straight games to take a 5-0 lead.<br /><br />The Gujarat girl, however, could not wrap it up as she squandered a 40-15 advantage to see her serve broken. She eventually made no mistake in the eighth to win the title.<br />The men’s doubles summit clash between second seed Prashanth and Murali and top seed Sharan-Shokeen was locked one-set all when play stopped due to bad light yesterday. In the tie-breaker today, the Tamil Nadu duo won 11-9 to emerge champions.<br /><br />Results (all finals): Men: Ashutosh Singh (Delhi) bt PC Vignesh (Andhra Pradesh) 0-6, 7-6(7-3), 6-2.<br /><br />Doubles: Vijay Sundar Prashant/ Mithun Murali (Tamil Nadu) bt Divij Sharan/ Vivek Shokeen (Delhi) 6-4, 6-7 (4-7), 11-9.<br /><br />Women: Ankita Raina (Gujarat) bt Sheethal Goutham (Karnataka) 7-6 (7-2), 6-2.<br />Doubles: Shivika Burman/ Treta Bhattacharyya (Ben) bt Sheethal Goutham (Kar)/ Shweta Solanki (Del) 7-6 (7-2), 1-6, 10-7.</p>
