Sood, Samhita wear crowns

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Bengaluru: Fourth seed Chandril Sood completed a remarkable run with a comeback victory over second seed Mohit Mayur to lift the men's trophy while Sai Samhita stayed true to form winning the women's crown in the DS Max Top Spin AITA tennis series at the KSLTA , here on Saturday .
Sood, who has had a great run in the championship shutting out top seed Nitin Kirtane in the semifinals, kept the good form going as he clawed back from a first-set deficit to outplay Mayur 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 in a contest lasting three hours.
Samhita, meanwhile, carried too many guns for Adnya Naik's liking, as she won 6-4, 6-2 in the women's final. The men's final was an engrossing tie marked with some superb rallies. But it was Sood's searing crosscourt returns and strong smashes that gave him the edge.
The 18-year-old Chennai girl Samhita survived a tough first set to defeat Adnya of Maharashtra. Sood, later on partnering his brother Lakshit Sood failed to make it a double going down 2-56, 4-6 to Kirtane and Mayur in the doubles final.
Results (all finals): Men: Chandril Sood (UP) bt Mohit Mayur Jsyaprakash (TN) 4-6, 6-2, 6-4.Doubles: Nitin Kirtane/ Mohit Mayur bt Lakshit Sood / Chandril Sood 6-2, 6-4.Women: Sai Samhita (TN) bt Adnya Naik ( Mah ) 6-4, 6-2.Doubles: Arantxa Andrady / Adnya Naik bt Smriti Joon/ Likitha Shetty 6-1, 6-2.Yadav leads Ebenezer to victoryDeepak Yadav bagged a match-haul of 11 for 45 as Ebenezer International School defeated Presidency School, Nandini Layout by an innings and 22 runs in the U-16 KSCA Cup school cricket tournament (division I) on Saturday.
Batting first, Ebenezer posted 196 for nine before declaring the innings with Sourabh Jaiswal (64) and Deepak (50 n.o.) guiding them along. In reply, Presidency were bowled out for 130 in 72.5 overs with Yadav scalping 4-28.Asked to follow-on, Presidency fared even worse as Yadav came back with an amazing performance to pick up seven for 17 as Presidency succumbed to a 44 all out in 35.5 overs.
Brief scores: Jain International Res. School: 104 all out in 40.5 overs (Pratik Kandelwal 45, Likhith Mahendra 2/12, Shivam Singh 4/22, Shishir HR 3/41) and 2nd Innings: 93 all out in 43.3 overs (Vatshal 25, Likhith Mahendra 3/13, Shishir 4/20, Shivam Singh 3/32) lt to Holy Saint English School: 149 all out in 65.1 overs (Likhith Mahendra 64, J Yatish 34, Sheetal Kumar 6.52, Vatshal 2/33) and 2nd Innings: 49 for 2 in 16.3 overs by 8 wickets. Holy Saint English School: 5 Points and Jain International Res. School: (-1) Point Ebenezer International School: 196 for 9 Decl, in 71.3 overs (Sourabh Jaiswal 64, Deepak 50 n.o, Amith 3/69, R Pradeep 3/9) bt Presidency School, Nandini Layout: 130 all out in 72.5 overs (Varun Rao 25, MN Chinmaya 2/22, Deepak Yadav 4/28) and 2nd Innings: 44 all out in 35.5 overs (Deepak Yadav 7/17) by an innings and 22 runs.Ebenezer International School: 5 Points and Presidency School, Nandini Layout: (-1) Point