Saldanha who was making a comeback after a long lay-off due to an injury to His right wrist failed to conjure up the magic he showed on previous two matches here when he rallied from a set down to upset his formidable opponents.

After Bhaya had taken the first set at 6-4, the first four games of the second set saw both players managing to break each others serve and then holding it for the next three games.

Later at 5-4, the experienced Bhaya managed to break Saldanha to seal the match with a set score of 6-4 to take the coveted trophy from the hands of cine actress Tabu who was the chief guest.

In the women's singles final, Mumbai's Sonal Phadke after losing the first set at 5-7 staged a dramatic comeback in the second set with an identical score against Sonia Shelar, surviving four matchpoints.

In the third set an exhausted Sonia, after losing the first game and down 0-40 conceded the match.

Second seed Akshay Chelappa upset favourite Keshav Narsimhan in the boys u-12 final. An otherwise dominant Lizenka Pereira had a tough time in overcoming Nidhi Shah 7-5, 6-4 to clinch the girls u-12 title.

RESULTS (ALL FINALS)

Men: 2-Ravi Bhaya bt Nilesh Saldanha 6-4, 6-4.

U-12: 2-Akshay Chelappa bt 1-Keshav Narsimhan 6-2, 6-1.

Women: Sonal Phadke bt Sonia Shelar 5-7, 7-5, 1-0 (match conceded)

U-12: Lizenka Pereira bt Nidhi Shah 7-5, 6-4.