Top seeds lived up to their billing as Vishnu Vardhan and Riya Bhatia bagged the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively in the Fenesta Open tennis championship at the DLTA complex here on Saturday.
On an action packed day, Vishnu served and volleyed well and mixed it up with some crisp groundstrokes to beat Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-3, 6-4.
Siddharth looked ill prepared against a seasoned campaigner. Vishnu used his experience to good measure and knew that he did not have to do too much against an opponent who seemed overawed by the occasion.
“It’s always a great feeling to be the national champion and it’s even more special to win the Fenesta nationals without dropping a set the whole week. The three lacs prize money is a great motivation for me to travel for tournaments and train abroad,” said Vishnu.
In the ladies’ singles final, Delhi girl Bhatia used her retrieval tactics and counter-punching game to win her maiden national title beating Eete Maheta 7-6, (9/7), 6-3.
“It feels incredible to be the women’s national champion of India. I would like to represent India in the Fed Cup soon and also reach the top 100 in WTA rankings,” said Riya.
Nitin Kumar Sinha cliched the boys’ under-18 title beating Dhruv Sunish 6-3, 6-4 while Akansha Bhan beat Humera Shaik 6-0, 6-2 in the girls final.
