Chinmaya girls, MSSS boys bag titles

Chennai, Oct 18 (UNI) The Hyderabad-based Chinmaya Vidyalaya and Chennai's Modern Senior Secondary School (MSSS) annexed the girls and boys Under-19 Team tiles in the Velammal International School CBSE South Zone Tennis Tournament here today.

In contrasting finals, Chinmaya defeated Oakridge International Hyderabad 2-1 to bag the girl's title, while MSSS defeated Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School Chennai 2-0 for the boys title.

Boys team of Bala Vidya Mandir, Chennai and the girls team from Jain International Residential School, Bangalore, finished third respectively.

MSSS completed a golden double by bagging the boys Under-14 title with a 2-0 win over Chirac Public School Hyderabad while Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Public School, Hyderabad eked out a 2-1 win over P Obul Reddy Public School,Hyderabad, for the girl's title.

Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School boys and Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Venakteswara Vidyalaya, Tirupati, girls finished third respectively.

The team event consists of two singles and one doubles.

CBSE, New Delhi, AEO (Sports) Pushkar Vohra, renowed tennis player Sai Jayalakshmi and Velammal International School Director M V M Sasikumar gave away the prizes to the winners.

Results : Finals: Under-19: Boys: MSSS, Chennai bt Vidya Mandir, Chennai 2-0 (M A Navin bt M Sai Bharathwaj 6-1, 7-5, P S Sorya Prasath bt Vijay Narayanan 6-3, 6-3).

Girls: Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Hyderabad bt Oakridge International School, Hyderabad 2-1 (V Archana lost to Sushrutha Reddy 6-4, 4-6, 0-6, G Janaki S Rao bt Maanya Reddy 6-0, 6-0, Janaki S Rao/Archana bt Shruthi Reddy/Maanya Reddy 6-1, 6-0).

Under-14: Boys: MSSS bt Chirac Public School, Hyderabad 2-0 (Karan P Kurup bt P Prabhav 7-6(5), 6-4; Anurag B Iyer bt Aditya Upadhyay 6-4, 6-2).

Girls: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Public School, Hyderabad bt P Obul Reddy Public School, Hyderabad 2-1 (A Mrinalini bt K Shruthi Reddy 6-0, 6-0; V Keerthana lost to T Vignyatha Reddy 0-6, 0-6; mrinalini/C.Trishali bt Vignyatha Reddy/Shruthi Reddy 6-3, 6-3).

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