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Top seed Harshini N bagged a grand double when she won both the singles and doubles title in the just concluded MAT-AITA CS7 U-14 tennis tournament here on Friday while Gandharv GK grabbed the Boys U-14 title.

In the singles final, Harshini brushed past Anvi Puneganti in straight sets 6-1, 6-2. Later she combined with Sangita Raman to down the Maharashtra-Tamil Nadu pair of Devanshee Prabhudesai and Lukshitha Gopinath 6-4, 6-0 to win the doubles crown.    

Meanwhile Gandharv defeated his rival from Tamil Nadu 6-3, 6-1 to emerge as the champion while the Karnakata-Tamil Nadu combination of Atharva Mishra and Manav Siyal overcame a fighting all-Tamil Nadu pair of Arjith Sarvanan and Navin 4-6, 7-6 (9), 12-10 for the boys doubles title.

Results (All finals) (Seeding in pre-fix, states - all Kar unless mentioned in parenthesis)

Boys U-14 Singles

4-Gandharv GK bt Navin Sundram (TN) 6-3, 6-1

Doubles

Atharva Mishra / Manav Siyal bt Arjith Sarvanan (TN) / Navin Sundaram (TN) 4-6, 7-6 (9), 12-10

Girls U-14 Singles

1-Harshini N bt Anvi Puneganti 6-1, 6-2

Doubles

Harshini N / Sangita Raman bt Devanshee Prabhudesai (MAH) / Lukshitha Gopinath (TN) 6-4, 6-0