Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Om Patel, Deepshika Vinayagamurthy Win Chennai Junior Titles
Om Patel and Deepshika Vinayagamurthy won tennis titles in Chennai.
Patel won the boys’ singles competition.
He lost the first set to Om Verma but came back to win the next two sets.
The boys’ final lasted nearly two hours.
Deepshika won the girls’ singles title.
She defeated Savitha Bhuvaneswaran in two straight sets.
Deepshika played strongly after winning the Junior National Championship the week before.
Both winners showed skill and determination in their finals.
Fifth seed Om Patel won the boys’ singles title at the UNIFI ITF Junior Tennis Cup.
Top seed Deepshika Vinayagamurthy claimed the girls’ singles championship in Chennai.
Patel defeated Om Verma 1-6, 6-3, 6-1 in a match lasting nearly two hours.
Deepshika beat Savitha Bhuvaneswaran 6-4, 6-3 in the girls’ final.
The victory followed Deepshika’s Junior National Championship win the previous week.
- Who
- Om Patel and Deepshika Vinayagamurthy won the boys’ and girls’ singles titles; Om Verma and Savitha Bhuvaneswaran were the finalists they defeated.
- What
- Patel won the boys’ singles final, while Deepshika won the girls’ singles final at the UNIFI ITF Junior Tennis Cup.
- When
- The finals took place on Sunday; Deepshika’s previous Junior National Championship win was the week before.
- Where
- Chennai.
- Why
- Patel and Deepshika won by defeating their respective opponents in the singles finals.
- Event
- UNIFI ITF Junior Tennis Cup
- Location
- Chennai
- Boys’ singles champion
- Om Patel, the fifth seed
- Boys’ final score
- Om Patel defeated Om Verma 1-6, 6-3, 6-1
- Girls’ singles champion
- Deepshika Vinayagamurthy, the top seed
- Girls’ final score
- Deepshika defeated Savitha Bhuvaneswaran 6-4, 6-3
- Recent achievement
- Deepshika had won the Junior National Championship the previous week