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Monday, June 1, 1998

Apte, Johann reign supreme

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE  
MUMBAI, May 31: Third seed Rohan Apte and top-seed Johann Fernandes won the under-14 boys and girls titles of the Bombay YMCA State Ranking Tennis Tournament played at the Andheri YMCA courts today.

Apte from Deccan Gymkhana, Pune, got past Keshav Narsimhan 6-2, 6-2. In the girls competition, Johann proved to be too strong for the under-12 champion Kartiki Bhat. Bhat, from Pune, faded away against the Johann's power game, losing 2-6, 2-6.

Both Narshiman and Kartiki failed to add to their under-12 singles titles that they won in the morning. In the u-12 boys final, top seeded Narsimhan was stretched to three sets by seventh seed Vivek Menon. The seventh seed, of Bandra Gymkhana, lost 6-4, 6-7 (7-4), 6-3 to his gymkhana mate.

In the girls u-12 final, top seeded Bhat did not allow her opponent Luzenka Periera to settle down and took the crown in straight sets with a score reading 6-1, 6-2.

In the u-14 girls final, Johann started off well as she broke Bhat on her first serve and held her serve to take alead of 2-0. The top seed in the under-14 again broke Bhat's serve in the fifth game. Bhat came back strongly in the seventh game which was also the longest point. The game ultimately went to Bhat as her cross-court volley found Fernandes flat footed after a series of deuces.

In the second set, Bhat, who has entered eight tournament finals, she has participated this year, overhit her shots. The student of Pune's Abhinav School conceded two games at love which cost her match.

In the boys u-14 final, Apte, a student of Pune's Symbiosis School, covered the court better than his younger opponent, seventh seed Narsimhan of Mumbai, who played most of his shots from the baseline.

Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.


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