Hyderabad teen wins national tennis championship

It was a hat-trick of national titles as she had won two more national titles in the junior category last year

Hyderabad: Hyderabad tennis player Shrivalli Rashmikaa added another feather to her cap by becoming the national champion.

The 19-year-old defeated top seeded Vaidhehi Choudhary from Gujarat in straight sets 6-3, 7-6 (2) to clinch top honours at the Hard Court Women Tennis National Championship at Tennis Project in Gurugram, on Sunday. It was a hat-trick of national titles as she had won two more national titles in the junior category last year.

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The city girl opened up a comfortable 3-0 lead in the first set before clinching it 6-3. She continued her form in the second set taking a 2-0 lead.

However, the top seed Vaidhehi bounced back, breaking the third game to make it 2-3 and then leveled at 3-all. She again broke Rashmikaa’s serve to take 5-4 lead and stretched the set into a tie-breaker. But the Hyderabad girl held her nerves to come out triumphant with 7-2 in the tie-breaker.

The result will help Rashmikaa, who is ranked 15 now, enter the top 10 in AITA national rankings.

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