Yubrani, Rishabh emerge victorious tennis meet

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IANS Kolkata
Last Updated : Mar 25 2017 | 8:49 PM IST

Bengal's Yubrani Banerjee stayed true to her form by clinching the girls singles under-18 title at the Rendez-Vous A Roland Garros national series tennis tournament here at the red clay courts of the Dakshin Kalikata Sansad (DKS) on Saturday.

Third seed Yubrani broke no sweat to drub Karnataka's Pratibha Prasad Narayan 6-3, 6-4.

Yubrani, apart from pocketing 75 national ranking points, also received a special award of Rs 25,000 from the Bengal Tennis Association (BTA) as a token of appreciation for her outstanding performance.

The boys under-18 singles final witnessed second seed Rishabh Sharda from Chandigarh beat Assam's Parikshit Somani 6-7(2), 6-0, 7-6(5).

Yubrani and Rishabh will now join the winners from Pune to play the Delhi Masters.

--IANS

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First Published: Mar 25 2017 | 8:38 PM IST

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