An effortful all-round performance from Eshan and Prapti directed them to a title win.

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An effortful all-round performance from Eshan and Prapti directed them to a title win.

 

Maharashtra’s tennis rising star Eshan Deganwar and Prapti Patil claimed the Girls and the Boys singles titles at the MSLTA – YONEX SUNRISE KDLTA All India Ranking Talent Series under 12 Tennis Tournament 2017 held under the auspices of All India Tennis Association and Maharashtra State Lawn tennis Association organized by Kolhapur District Lawn Tennis Association, Kolhapur played at their courts.

Top seed, Eshan Deganwar defeated fifth seeded Tejam Sapkal in two sets to lift the Boys singles title. In the first set Eshan used good variation and took the set 6-0. In final set Eshan was very controlled and conceded only one game to win the under-12 title.

Prapti Patil, the top seed had to be at her fighting best to get past forth seeded Shreeya Deshpande in a closely contested final. Prapti won the first set comfortably. In the final set Shreeya displayed good quality tennis and fought very hard before going down.

Tejam Sapkal and Shreeya Deshpande finished off their tournament this past weekend in KDLTA with runner-up title. Both the players played exceptionally well at the tournament, giving tough competition to the winners in the finals of the tournament.

The winner and runner-up get trophy and certificates. The prizes were given away at the hands of Dr. Dinesh Kitture, vice-president, KDLTA, Mr. Meghan Bagawde, Treasurer KDLTA, Mr. Dalvi Bapa, Tournament Director, Mr. Aashish Shah, Member KDLTA,  AITA Supervisor Mr. Mehul Kenia and AITA Assistant Supervisor Ms. Sejal Keniya.

 

Following are the results

Boys under 12 Final: - Eshan Deganwar bt Tejam Sapkal 6-0, 6-1

Girls under 12 Final: - Prapti Patil bt Shreeya Deshpande 6-0, 6-4