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Jadhav, Sharma win boys’ doubles title

Jadhav, Sharma win boys’ doubles title

By Shyam Rai

Lalitpur, February 10 Indian pair of Gunjan Jadhav and Atharva Sharma claimed the boys' doubles title of the Nepal ITF Junior U-18 Circuit-I Tennis Championship here at the Satdobato Tennis Complex today. Jadhav and Sharma claimed the title beating Chinese duo Pengyu Lu and Guangsen Wen 6-4, 7-6 in the final. The pair of Chunxi Guo of China and Punnin Kovapitukted of Thailand claimed the girls' doubles title with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Chinese duo Na Dong and Mingalao Yang. In all-India boys' semi-final matches, Mritunjay Badola defeated Atharva Sharma 6-4, 6-4 and Kabir Manrai saw off Piyush S Salekar 6-1, 6-1 and advanced to the final. In the girls' section, Chinese Mingqiao Yang outplayed Shivani Swarup Ingle of India 7-6, 6-1, while India’s Vaidehi Chaudhari defeated China’s Yujiao Che 6-1, 6-3 to secure places in the final.