V.M. Ranjeet, Riya clinch Titles

State Bank of Patiala
National Grass Court Tennis Championships-
Men & Women (Rs.5 Lakhs prize money) 

Tennis Tournament, November-2016

from 28^th November to 3^rd December-2016

V.M. Ranjeet, Riya clinch Titles

CLTA, Chandigarh, Saturday, the 3^rd December, 2016              In the men’s singles finals of State Bank of Patiala National Grass Court Tennis Championships-Men & Women (Rs.5 Lakhs prize money) Tennis Tournament, 2016 held on 3rd December, 2016 at Chandigarh Club 2^nd seed V.M. Ranjeet defeated 4^th seed Vijay Kannan in straight sets. Ranjeet won the 1^st set comfortably by conceding only one game 6-1. In the 2^nd set Ranjeet was leading 4-1. After 1-4 down Vijay Kannan came back with change of his game plan chip and charge to make V.M. Ranjeet commit unforced errors and made it 3-4. V.M. Ranjeet played few passing shots in crucial points to close the 2^nd set and match 6-4.

In the women’s final top seed Riya Bhatiya defeated Nidhi Chilumula in a three setter match. In the 1^st set both players played high level tennis and held their serve till 11^th game. In the 12^th game Riya used her big forehand to break Nidhi’s serve and closed the 1^st set 6-4. In the 2^nd set Nidhi was leading 5-3. After 3-5 down Riya fought back very well and made it 6-6. Finally Nidhi blanked Riya in tie break without conceding a single point 7-0. In the final set Riya used her experience and managed to close the set and match 6-3.

Sh. Rajan Kashyap, Patron-in-Chief, Sh. Jai Singh Gill, President, CLTA, Sh. Sandeep Sahni, President, Chandigarh Club and Sh. Deepak Sharma, Assistant General Manager, State Bank of Patiala distributed the prizes.

Results are as below:-

Men’s Singles Final

• [2]V.M. Ranjeet bt. [4]Vijay Kannan 61 64

Women’s Singles Final

• [1]Riya Bhatia bt. [3]Nidhi Chilumula 75 67(0) 63