Siddharth Vishwakarma, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty emerge National tennis champions

Oct 07, 2023 at 6:47 PM
Siddharth Vishwakarma, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty emerge National tennis champions
National tennis champions Siddharth Vishwakarma and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty in Delhi on Saturday.

National tennis champions Siddharth Vishwakarma and Shrivalli Bhamidipaty in Delhi on Saturday.
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Siddharth Vishwakarma asserted his undisputed class with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Karan Singh within the ultimate of the Fenesta National tennis championship on the DLTA Complex on Saturday.

In the ladies’s ultimate, Shrivalli Bhamidipaty dethroned defending champion Vaidehi Chaudhari in a thriller 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5), in a battle of wits that lasted three hours and 17 minutes.

The 29-year-old Siddharth had gained the title final time in 2018, however his tennis profession had struggled owing to knee and shoulder accidents. Coach Rattan Sharma who has been working with the left-hander in current months assured that Siddharth, who whips the ball impressively, would quickly assert his recreation within the worldwide skilled circuit.

After a bit of stumble within the first set, Siddharth didn’t put a foot flawed and entertained everybody with a pleasant recreation.

There was no dearth of leisure within the ladies’s ultimate because the doubles champions Shrivalli and Vaidehi didn’t give an inch to one another. Shrivalli had gained the National title in Gurugram, earlier than the Fenesta National championship was revived after the pandemic.

In a crisp speech, she thanked her battery of coaches, physios, trainers, with particular emphasis on coach Vishaal Uppal who has been mentoring her with diligence in the previous couple of months.

The champions have been introduced Rs. 3,00,000 every whereas the runners-up pocketed Rs. 2,00,000.

Rushil Khosla and Aishwarya Jadhav emerged the under-18 boys’ and women’ champions respectively.

The outcomes (finals): Men: Siddharth Vishwakarma bt Karan Singh 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Women: Shrivalli Bhamidipaty bt Vaidehi Chaudhari 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5).

Under-18: Boys: Rushil Khosla bt Samarth Sahita 6-3, 6-3.

Girls: Aishwarya Jadhav bt Suhitha Maruri 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.