New Delhi, Oct 4 (UNI) Tamil Nadu’s Manish Sureshkumar and Maharashtra’s Vaishnavi Adkar continued their winning run in 30th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship to clinch the men’s and women’s singles titles, respectively at the DLTA Complex in New Delhi on Saturday.
In the men’s singles final, Manish Sureshkumar overcame Keerthivassan Suresh 6-4, 6-2 in a two-hour contest, showing his consistency and composure under pressure.
Both players began aggressively, trading early breaks of serve to level at 1-1. Manish then broke Keerthivassan’s serve to go 2-1 up and consolidated to make it 3-1. Keerthivassan responded strongly, holding and breaking back to edge ahead 4-3. However, Manish lifted his game from that point, breaking his opponent’s serve again to close the opening set.
Carrying the momentum into the second set, the Tamil Nadu player maintained his rhythm, playing long rallies with precise groundstrokes and solid returns. He wrapped up the set 6-2 to seal the match and the men’s singles crown.
On the other hand, Vaishnavi started the women’s singles final in top gear, breaking Akanksha Nitture’s serve early to lead 2-0. Though Akanksha briefly broke back, Vaishnavi quickly regained control, with precise shots to win the opening set.
The second set followed a similar pattern as Vaishnavi maintained her momentum. After both players held serve early, she broke Akanksha twice to surge ahead 5-1. Despite Akansha pulling one break back, Vaishnavi held firm, serving out confidently to seal the set and title with the final score of 6-1, 6-2.
Vaishnavi. while speaking to UNI spoke about her future plans
“Right now, I am 650 in the WTA rankings, my medium-term goal is to break into the top 300-400 and make it to the Indian Billie Jean King Cup team. Hence my goal is to play more ITF’s and get my WTA ranking up.
Vaishnavi, who trains at Pune’s Bounce Tennis Academy said that she always likes playing the Fenesta Open “it is a big tournament for all Indian players, it is very well organised, the venue is fantastic and it is very competitive as there are so many players.”
A Third year BBA student from BMCC college, Pune Vaishnavi advises aspiring sportspersons to study diligently at least till graduation
“Every sports person should at least study till graduation, not only does that give one a backup plan but also sharpens the mind which is not any less important for a sports person.”
Sureshkumar speaking to UNI said that India needs to start hosting more tournaments like Fenesta Open
“I had won the title in 2022 as well and it feels god to win again this year, this time it was way more challenging. I hope we have more high quality tournaments in India that also includes world class foreign talent, that will be very important as we play 30-35 weeks in a year and not everyone can afford to go abroad. If top foreign talent comes here then not only more crowd involvement will be there but it will be financially more viable for the players.”
