Tavish wins a double crown in National under-14 tennis
The Hindu
Tavish Pahwa won a double crown at the Endurance National under-14 tennis tournament, beating top seed Hruthik Katakam in the singles final and partnering him for the doubles title. Savitha Bhuvaneswaran won the girls title, while Anandita Upadhyay & Reet Arora won the doubles.
Tavish Pahwa won a double crown in the Endurance National under-14 tennis tournament at the MSLTA courts on Saturday.
Tavish beat top seed Hruthik Katakam 7-5, 6-3 in the final for the singles title. He partnered Hruthik for the doubles title, beating Faizal Ali Meer and Prakaash Sarran in straight sets.
Savitha Bhuvaneswaran won the girls title, as she beat Parthsarthi Mundhe in three sets.
The results (finals): Boys: Tavish Pahwa bt Hruthik Katakam 7-5, 6-3. Doubles: Hruthik & Tavish bt Faizal Ali Meer & Prakaash Sarran 6-4, 7-5.
Girls: Savitha Bhuvaneswaran bt Parthsarthi Mundhe 4-6, 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles: Anandita Upadhyay & Reet Arora bt Srishti Kiran & Savitha Bhuvaneswaran 6-3, 1-6, [10-7].
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.