Dhruv Sunish of India and Tran Demi of the Netherlands emerged as the champions in the boys’ and girls’ category of the Walton 29th Bangladesh International Junior Tennis Championship as the six-day tournament concluded yesterday at Ramna Tennis Complex.
Top seed Sunish did not have to toil hard to beat Syrian opponent Naow Hazem, who only offered brief moments of resistance in the opening set that ended 7-6 in favour of the former. The Indian romped to victory following a comfortable 6-1 win in the second set.
Demi, on the other hand, fought brilliantly against fellow compatriot Tran Lian. After losing the first set 3-6, Demi faced little trouble in the second and third sets, winning 6-3 6-2.
Sunish sealed his double when he won the boys’ doubles title alongside Parikshit Somani. The Indian pair beat fellow Indian duo Vikrant Dhiya and Sanil Jagtiani 7-6 6-4.
Chinese Taipei pair Hsiao Yun and Li-hsin Chang claimed the girls’ doubles title beating Karunaratne Adithya of Sri Lanka and Rajan Rashmika of India 6-4 7-5.