Defending champion Gurgaon Sapphires did it but once more, because the workforce beat Ichiban Samurai 81-56 within the last of the Professional Tennis League on the RK Khanna Stadium right here on Sunday.
In an entertaining last, wherein Gurgaon stumbled to a troublesome begin, the workforce rose brilliantly by way of Rithvik Bollipalli, Maan Kesharwani and Sharmada Balu to outclass a workforce that had gained all the things until the ultimate.
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Rithvik was a category act, serving massive and stroking with admirable punch, as he tamed Nitin Kumar Sinha 18-12. Not a nasty effort for a doubles specialist. Sharmada and Ruma Gaikaiwari just about sealed the trophy by beating Sahaja Yamalapalli and Gauri Mangaonkar 15-5.
Main 77-53 at that stage, Gurgaon wanted solely 4 extra factors to clinch the trophy. Within the occasion, Rithvik fired an ace fairly
appropriately, within the doubles match with Maan, on the primary championship level at 3-3 to shut the competition, in opposition to Nitin Kumar Sinha and Rushil Khosla.
Rushil had performed an important job until the ultimate, however didn’t get a lot of an opportunity to indicate his capability, particularly after he misplaced to Maan Kesharwani 8-12 within the second singles match of the ultimate.
For the followers who stayed again, it was an thrilling night of exhilarating tennis, as Gurgaon Sapphires pulled the rug beneath the ft of Ichiban Samurai, with a traditional present.
The outcomes (last):
Gurgaon Sapphires bt Ichiban Samurai 81-56 (Sharmada Balu misplaced to Sahaja Yamalapalli 6-14; Maan Kesharwani bt Rushil Khosla 11-9; Ruma Gaikaiwari bt Gauri Mangaonkar 15-5; Sharmada & Suresh Krishna bt Sahaja & Dilip Mohanty 12-8; Rithvik Bollipalli bt Nitin Kumar Sinha 18-12; Sharmada & Ruma bt Sahaja & Gauri 15-5; Rithivik & Maan bt Nitin & Rushil 4-1).
Semifinals: Gurgaon Sapphires bt Sankara Stag Babolat Yoddhas 81-64 (Sharmada Balu tied Sowjanya Bavisetti 10-10; Maan Kesharwani tied Vansh Bisht 10-10; Ruma Gaikaiwari misplaced to Sahira Singh 8-12; Sharmada & Suresh Krishna bt Sowjanya & Pulkit Mishra 13-7; Rithvik Bollipalli bt Arjun Kadhe 20-10; Sharmada & Ruma misplaced to Sowjanya & Sahira Sept. 11; Rithvik & Maan bt Arjun & Vansh 11-4).
Ichiban Samurai bt Paramount Proec Tigers 81-75 (Sahaja Yamalapalli bt Sravya Shivani 13-7; Rushil Khosla tied Parikshit Somani 10-10; Gauri Mangaonkar misplaced to Divya Ungrish 7-13; Sahaja & Dilip Mohanty misplaced to Sravya & Indra Kumar Mahajan 7-13; Nitin Kumar Sinha bt Vishnu Vardhan 16-14; Sahaja & Gauri bt Sravya & Divya 11-9; Nitin & Rushil bt Vishnu & Parikshit 17-9).