Tennis: Maaya Rajeshwaran wins ITF Junior girls' singles title in Delhi
Maaya Rajeshwaran beat Ekaterina Tupitsyna to win the ITF Junior 300 title in Delhi.
Maaya Rajeshwaran (Photo credit: ITF J300 Delhi)
India's Maaya Rajeshwaran capped off an impressive week in a befitting manner, emerging the girls singles champion at the ITF J300 event in Delhi, while Korean player Donghyon Hwang grabbed the boys singles title on Saturday
The 15-year-old Maaya, thus, won her first singles title since December 2023, edging past Ekaterina Tupitsyna 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in an intense final.
Tupitsyna began with a bang, putting the home favourite on the backfoot.
The 16-year-old Tupitsyna was serving for the match, leading 5-3 in the second set, before the Indian showed tremendous grit and effected a turnaround to force a decider.
Tupitsyna probably lacked the energy to fight in the final as she ran out of steam while Maaya ran away with the contest, building on the momentum created in the second set.
In complete contrast Hwang was dominant in the singles final, winning 6-1 6-1 over Roshan Santhosh, who was surprisingly subdued in the match that mattered.
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