KSLTA-ATF Junior Tour 22: Levin, Maaya live up to top billing in Under 14 tournament

In
the
battle
between
the
top
two
seeds,
Levin
beat
Showrya
Samala
6-2,
6-2
in
the
boys’ final,
while
Maaya
got
it
past
fourth-seed
Diya
Ramesh
6-4,
6-1
in
the
girls’
title
clash.

Later,
it
was
a
sweet
double
for
Maaya,
who
teamed
up
with
Sniggdha
Ruhil
to
get
past
Aleena
Farid
and
Aradhyaa
Verma
duo
6-3,
3-6,
10-5
in
the
doubles
final
which
was
decided
on
super
tie-breaker.

Maaya,
the
defending
Under-14
clay
and
U-16
hard-court
champion,
completely
dominated
against
giant-killer
Diya,
who
had
stunned
second-seeded
Haritha
Shree
Venkatesh
in
the
semifinals.

The
13-year-old,
who
has
been
given
a
special
invite
by
the
Australian
Open
organisers
to
compete
in
a
U14
event
in
Melbourne
that
will
be
held
along
the
sidelines
of
the
season’s
first
Grand
Slam,
excelled
with
her
baseline
game.

The
talented
girl
from
Coimbatore
has
been
very
impressive
this
year
winning
16
titles
(singles
and
doubles).

“Hitting
the
ball
hard..
that
has
been
the
secret
of
my
success.
I’m
happy
to
win
the
title
here
and
quite
excited
to
go
to
Australia,”
said
Maaya,
who
trains
under
Manoj
Kumar
at
Pro
Service
Tennis
Academy.

Meanwhile,
Levin
too
impressed
with
his
hard-hitting
prowess
in
the
boys’ final
which
was
a
one-sided
affair.

However,
there
was
no
double
delight
for
Levin
as
the
Tirunelveli
boy
and
his
partner
Showrya
lost
4-6,
0-6
to
the
second-seeded
pair
of
Rudra
Batham
and
Prakaash
Sarran
in
the
doubles
final.

Results
of
all
final(prefix
denotes
seeding)

Singles

Boys

(1)
Levin
Safoor
Mydeen
def
(2)
Showrya
Samala
6-2,
6-2.

Girls

(1)
Maaya
Rajeshwaran
Revathi
def
(4)
Diya
Ramesh
6-4,
6-1

Doubles

Boys

(2)
Rudra
Batham/Prakaash
Sarran
def
(1)
Levin
Safoor
Mydeen/Showrya
Samala
6-4,
6-0

Girls

(3)
Maaya
Rajeshwaran
Revathi/
Sniggdha
Ruhil
def
(2)
Aleena
Farid/Aradhyaa
Verma
6-3,
3-6,
10-5
(super
tie-breaker).

Source:
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