JAIPUR: Jaipur’s former national champion Rani Smita Jain achieved the triple crown in the Raghu Sinha ITF 200 tennis tournament being held at the Jaipur Club here on Saturday.
The penultimate day five of the tournament, organized by the Raghu Sinha Mala Mathur Charity Trust under the auspices of the International Tennis Federation (ITF), saw Smita, who swept the titles in the over 30 age group, Rani had the upper hand.
In the All Jaipur Women’s Singles final, Rani defeated Kanika Chaudhary 6-1, 6-3. Rani along with Bibha Chaudhary defeated Kanika Chaudhary and Deepmala Yadav 6-0, 6-0 in women’s doubles.
In mixed doubles, city duo Rani and Riyaz Ahmed defeated Delhi rivals Arun Kataria and Neha Manisha 6-1, 6-3 to complete an impressive triple crown in the 30+ group. .
In the men’s singles 70 plus category singles final, Dileep Shivpuri won the championship and Rajendra Goyal was the runner-up.
In the men’s 65+ singles semi-finals, Ajeet Bhardwaj defeated Rakesh Kohli, while Yogesh Shah defeated Suresh Murtati in a fierce battle to advance to the final. Narendra Janweja will clash with Anand Tognatta in the over 75 men’s singles.
Manoj Kumar Kemmu and Anil Nigam will face Dipankar Chakravarty and Pawan Jain in the men’s over 60 doubles final.
In the over 60 men’s singles quarter-finals, top seed Pawan Jain defeated Om Prakash Chaudhary, Inderpal Singh defeated U Rao Lingam, Sudesh Singh defeated SN Vasishta and Anil Nigam defeated Dipankar. – Defeated against Chakraborty.
The remaining finals will be played on the final day of the tournament on Sunday. All winners and runners-up will receive cash prizes and trophies during the closing ceremony at 2:00 p.m.
