Chandigarh, October 14

Chandigarh’s Vanshika Yadav defeated third seed Punjab’s Maahira Bhatia in straight sets (6-4, 6-2) to win the girls’ U-12 title on the concluding day of the St Stephen’s School CLTA-AITA Championship Series (CS-7) Tennis Tournament.

Ishir Mehta won the boys’ U-12 final by defeating fourth seed Punjab’s Yug Raj Mahi (6-0, 7-5). Second seed Manipur’s Aswajit Senjam won the boys’ U-16 by registering a (6-1, 6-1) win over Punjab’s Anuj Pal. Another Chandigarh girl, Mannat Awasthi, won the girls’ U-16 title by defeating Krittika Katoch (6-4, 6-3).

John Javier, vice-principal, St Stephen’s School, Chandigarh, Dr Reet Mahinder Singh, member, Executive Committee, Megh Raj, IAS (retd), chief operating officer, and Y Romen Singh, chief coach, CLTA, distributed the prizes among the winners.