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Host State’s Sanya Masand created a minor upset when she outplayed second seed Samiksha Dabas of Delhi to claim the honours in the girls’ category of the Sportle AITA U-18 CS-7 National ranking Championship that concluded at the Topspin Tennis Academy here on Thursday. In a keenly contested final, Sanya recovered from a first set loss to finally emerge a 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 winner over her rival from the North.

Meanwhile the boys’ final was a one-sided affair with Tamil Nadu’s Rethin Pranav shutting off the challenge of local lad Akarsh Gaonkar in straight sets 6-1, 6-1.

Results (Finals) (Seedings in pre-fix)

Boys U-18 Singles

Rethin Pranav (TN) bt Akarsh V Gaonkar (KAR) 6-1, 6-1.

Girls U-18 Singles

5-Sanya Masand (KAR) bt 2-Samiksha Dabas (DEL) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.