Jadhav, Sharma win boys’ doubles title

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.