Prithvi Sekhar with the Australian Open Deaf tennis championship trophies in Melbourne on Sunday.| Photo Credit: Special Arrangement

India’s Prithvi Sekhar had a memorable outing within the Australian Open Deaf Championships, successful the singles title and ending runner-up, with Glen Flindell in doubles, in Melbourne.

“It was great to win the singles title this time, beating the same player Gabor Mathe of Hungary, to whom I had lost in the semifinals last year. I also had a shoulder injury then. This time I was better prepared and very motivated”, stated Prithvi, who spent a number of weeks in Australia together with his family earlier than taking part in the three-day occasion in Melbourne that concluded on Sunday.

It might have been a double crown for Prithvi and companion Glen, however for them lacking their possibilities from being up 6-0, 5-2 in opposition to Mathe and Esah Hyat in a league match.

“We had a match point on deuce, and a few other chances but we made mistakes”, recalled Prithvi, in regards to the 6-0, 5-7, [7-10] loss within the second league match. The duo received the third league match simply to take the runners-up trophy.

“I prepared well and played with superb intensity and proper tactics against every opponent. I had the rhythm and momentum to win all my singles matches”, stated Prithvi who dropped one set in 5 matches.

Prithvi acquired to observe a number of matches that includes high gamers on the Australian Open. He additionally acquired to observe the matches of Rohan Bopanna, Sumit Nagal other than Anirudh Chandrasekar and Vijay Sundar Prashanth.

In reality, Prithvi acquired to coach for a number of days in Sydney with Anirudh and Vijay earlier than they went for his or her match.

“I also had five days of training before my event in Melbourne with the other players. I had a lot of support as many relatives of mine watched my matches and cheered for me on all the three days, as I could arrange the passes in advance”, stated Prithvi.

He couldn't watch Bopanna and Matthew Ebden taking part in the doubles remaining, as Prithvi was busy together with his personal matches.

Prithvi does compete within the common ITF males’s circuit and felt assured of performing higher in future due to the morale-boosting accomplishment in Melbourne.

The outcomes:

Singles: Final: Prithvi Sekhar bt Gabor Mathe (Hun) 6-1, 6-3; semifinals: Prithvi bt Mike Laurent (Fra) 6-2, 6-2; league: Prithvi bt Esa Hyat (GBr) 6-7(4), 6-2, [10-7]; bt Oliver Grave (Fra) 6-0, 6-3;bt Marino Kegl (Slo) 7-6(3), 6-4.

Doubles (league): Prhtivi & Glen Flindell (Aus) bt Marino Kegl (Slo) & Oliver Grave (Fra) 6-0, 6-1; Prithvi & Glen misplaced to Gabor Mathe (Hun) & Esa Hyat (GBR) 6-0, 5-7, [7-10]; Prithvi & Glen bt Mike Laurent (Fra) & Andy Vasquez (Ecu) 6-2, 6-3.