Nitin, Sabhyata win U-16 national tennis titles

Nitin K Sinha outplayed top seed Parikshit Somani to win the U-16 Boys trophy while Sabhyata Nihalani emerged champion in Girls U-16 event after a tough fight against Akansha Bhan in the Fenesta Open National Tennis championship, here today.
The Boys U-16 final between the two Akhtar Ali-coached players turned out to be a damp squib as Somani's free-flowing errors made it a no contest.
Fourth seed Nitin, who hails from West Bengal won the final 6-3 6-0 against Assam-based Somani.
"I made a lot of errors today. It (game) just did not work today. He played very aggressively," Somani, who lost his serve six times, said after the match.

Nitin struck the ball hard and well under his control. In contrast, Somani struggled to contain his errors, specially the backhand slices.
There was a good fight between Sabhyata, Delhi's class 10th student and Gujarat's Akansha in the girls final with the former eventually winning 7-5 7-5.

"I expected a good win but she really made it tough for me," Sabhyata, who trains under Aditya Sachdeva, said.
The petite Akansha said she gave it her all and has learnt her lesson for future.
The Under-14 boys titles was won by Mann Maulik Shah, who beat Shashikant Rajput 6-1 6-2 in the final.

The girls U-14 trophy was won by Sanya Singh, who outplayed Salsa Ahir 6-3 6-1.