Wednesday, 12 FEBRUARY 2025 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Ishak Iqbal and Vaidehi Chaudhary from the Services and Gujarat respectively clinched gold medals in the men’s and women’s categories in the final match of lawn tennis at the 38th National Games in Dehradun on Tuesday. The men’s singles final was an exciting match between Dev V Javia of Gujarat and Iqbal of Services. After losing the first set, Iqbal made a comeback, winning the gold medal with a score of 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (5). Dev V Javia had to settle for the silver medal.
On the other hand, in the women’s singles final, Chaudhary of Gujarat won the gold medal, beating Vaishnavi Adkar of Maharashtra in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-4. Vaishnavi was content with the silver medal.
In the mixed doubles lawn tennis final, the Tamil Nadu pair of Lohith Aksh Badrinath and Lakshmi Prabha Arun Kumar clinched the gold by defeating Karnataka’s Nikki K Poonacha and Soha Sadiq in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-1. With this victory, Tamil Nadu maintained its dominance in the tennis event. In this category, Haryana’s Sunil Kumar and Aditi Rawat, along with West Bengal’s Nitin Kumar Sinha and Yubarani Banerjee, won the bronze medals.
