Third seed Sara Saito of Japan recovered from being down 0-4 to beat Vaishnavi Adkar 7-6(4), 6-0 in the girls final of the Gadre Marine ITF grade-3 junior tennis tournament at the Deccan Gymkhana courts on Saturday.
Sara appreciated Vaishnavi's game which saw the Indian girl lead 5-2 in the first set, but reiterated that once settled into a rhythm, the Japanese comfortably got into the cruise mode.
It was a double crown for Sara as she won the doubles title with Yu-Yun LI of Chinese Taipei.
In the boys final, Tanapatt Nirundorn of Thailand overcame a tough start to beat the top seed Woobin Shin of Korea 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.
There was some cheer for the Indian camp, as Muni Ananthmani and Rushil Khosla won the doubles title.
The results (finals):
Sahaja Yamalapalli loses
Qualifier Sahaja Yamalapalli was beaten 6-1, 6-3 by Jasmine Conway of Britain in the first round of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament in Mexico.
Persistent rain had delayed the first round match by a few days. It also interrupted Sahaja’s first round doubles match after four games, to be resumed the next day.
The results:
$15,000 ITF women, Cancun, Mexico Singles (first round): Jasmine Conway (GBR) bt Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-1, 6-3.
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