Panaji
In the finals held on Sunday, Wesley was in prime nick as he thumped to a resounding 4-0 (11-8, 11-7, 12-10, 11-9) win over Dheeraj Rai in the men's finals. Earlier, Wesley had to ward off the spirited challenge of Mandar Joshi before winning 3-1 (11-8, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8) to pocket the Junior Boys title. Prutha who had to face defeat in the Junior Girls event, losing 3-1 (11-7, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9) to Sanisha Shetye, came back strongly to win an exciting Ladies singles finals. She beat Mallika Gogoi 3-2 (11-8, 8-11, 12-10, 5-11, 11-7) in a pulsating see- saw battle that saw fortunes fluctuating from set to set. Shantesh Mhapsekar beat Aarav Aiyar 3-0 (12-10, 11-8, 11-4) to win the cadets boys finals.
Riding high on confidence after winning silver at All India level, Shantesh who is now India number 2 in cadets, carried forward the momentum to win the Sub-junior boys title with a thrilling 3-1 (6-11, 11-1, 11-5, 11-9) win over Nagesh Verenker.
Aaron Farias beat Akshan Lawande 3-0 (11-7, 11-5, 11-7) to win the mini cadets boys title while the mini-cadets girls title was won by Leoma Fernandes who beat Sunidhi Savaikar 3-0 (11-5,13-11,11-6). Sneha Mesta beat Simran Kubal 3-0 (13-11, 11-8, 11-6) to win the cadets girls title. The sub-junior girls finals was won by Taniya Patil who beat Aditi Chodankar 3-1 (9-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-9). Galya Fernandes and Trisha Verlekar emerged as promising players of the tournament.
