Unseeded rethin pranav

Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship: Unseeded Rethin Pranav R. S. of Tamil Nadu and top-seeded Vaidehee Chaudhari of Gujarat extended their winning run to clinch the titles in their respective categories at the 29th Fenesta Open National Tennis Championship held at the DLTA Complex here on Saturday.

Rethin, who entered the main draw as the lucky loser in the qualifiers, played a thrilling three-set final to defeat Nitin Kumar Sinha of Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2 in the men’s singles category, while Vaidehee beat young sensation Maaya Revathi R. (Tamil Nadu) 6-3, 6-3 in straight sets to win the Fenesta Open women’s singles title for the second time in her career.

The winners received glittering trophies as the ceremony was attended by Saket Jain, Executive Director and Business Head of Fenesta Building Systems (a division of DCM Shriram Ltd.) and Rohit Rajpal (President, DLTA), Balram Singh from DLTA and Prerna Bhambri (Four-time champion and Treasurer, DLTA). Para-athlete and a silver medallist at the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games, Pranav Soorma was also present at the venue to motivate the athletes.