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Rethin Pranav and Amodini Vijay both seeded No.4 in the Boys and Girls respectively emerged as the champions in the AITA Under-16 tennis tournament hosted by Amogha Sports Tennis Academy that concluded at the Palace Grounds here on Friday.

While Rethin stopped the giant-killer Shivaraj Chandan in the final with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 victory, Amodini overcame Vanya Srivastav’s challenge 2-6, 6-2, 6-0.

The 14-year-old Amodini could have been an easy winner but for a great fightback by Vanya especially in the second set. After taking the first set and Amodini was leading 5-2 in the second and was serving for the match until Vanya made a good comeback to win the set. However, Amodini made the match her own when she took the final set 6-1.

Results

Boys U-16 Final

4-Rethin Pranav bt Shivaraj Chandan 2-6, 6-2, 6-0

Girls U-16 Final

4-Amodini Vijay Nayak bt Vanya Srivastav 6-4, 5-7, 6-1