Siddanth Banthia, Shivani Amineni lift titles
Press Trust of India Mumbai Siddanth Banthia of Maharashtra and Shivani Amineni of Telangana captured the boys and girls singles titles respectively in the 10th MSLTA-Yonex Sunrise Ramesh Desai Under-16 Tennis Nationals here today.
Boys' top seed Banthia, who won the under-14 nationals two years ago in Aurangabad, outplayed eighth seed Sacchitt Sharma of Delhi 6-1 6-3 in the final, while number 4 Shivani edged out number 2 Vaidehi Chaudhari of Gujarat 4-6 6-2 7-6(3) in the corresponding girls' match.
Shivani completed a double crown, by winning the doubles title with state-mate Shivani Sravya.
Doubles results (finals):
Boys: Amit Beniwal/Sacchitt Sharrma (Del) bt Rishabh Sharda/Naithaolin Golmei (Chd) 6-3 6-1.
Girls: Shivani Amineni/Shivani Sravya (TS) bt Prinkle Singh (J&K)/Vaidehi Chaudhari (Guj) 6-1 4-6 10-6.